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. 2024 Dec 30;16:277. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01653-y

Table 3.

Statistical outputs of the multiple linear regression models testing for sex differences (interaction effects) in the relationships between plasma Alzheimer’s disease-related biomarkers (predictors) and outcomes measures of actigraphy-derived 24-h rest-activity fragmentation (intradaily variability, top) or stability (interdaily stability, bottom). Abbreviations: Aβ42/40 = amyloid-beta42/40 ratio, AD = Alzheimer’s disease, GFAP = glial fibrillary acidic protein, NfL = neurofilament light chain, t-tau = total tau, p-tau181 = tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, p-tau231 = tau phosphorylated at threonine 231

Intradaily variability
NfL GFAP 42/40 t-tau p-tau181 p-tau231
t P t P t P t P t P t P
Plasma AD biomarker*Male sex 4.05 < 0.001 3.60 < 0.001 -1.01 0.32 0.36 0.72 3.71 < 0.001 3.28 0.002
Plasma AD biomarker 1.26 0.21 -0.16 0.87 -0.60 0.55 0.54 0.59 -2.78 0.007 -1.76 0.08
Age -1.75 0.09 0.30 0.77 1.11 0.27 1.26 0.21 1.82 0.07 1.78 0.08
Male sex -2.65 0.01 -2.17 0.03 1.37 0.17 0.28 0.78 -2.74 0.008 -2.37 0.02
Education 0.87 0.39 0.86 0.39 0.88 0.38 0.92 0.36 0.95 0.35 1.03 0.31
Body mass index 1.02 0.31 0.77 0.44 0.27 0.79 0.58 0.56 0.39 0.70 0.87 0.39
Actigraphic recording duration 1.46 0.15 2.29 0.02 1.65 0.10 2.59 0.01 2.00 0.05 -1.44 0.15
Interdaily stability
NfL GFAP 42/40 t-tau p-tau 181 p-tau 231
t P t P t P t P t P t P
Plasma AD biomarker*Male sex -1.73 0.09 -1.47 0.15 -0.01 0.99 0.94 0.35 -3.30 0.001 -1.67 0.09
Plasma AD biomarker -0.77 0.45 0.44 0.66 -0.08 0.94 -0.77 0.45 1.62 0.11 0.52 0.61
Age 4.41 < 0.001 3.44 < 0.001 3.27 0.002 3.25 0.002 2.98 0.004 3.18 0.002
Male sex 0.92 0.36 0.64 0.52 -0.26 0.80 -1.38 0.17 2.59 0.01 1.02 0.31
Education -1.95 0.06 -1.87 0.07 -1.88 0.06 -1.93 0.06 -2.21 0.03 -2.13 0.04
Body mass index -1.39 0.17 -1.07 0.29 -0.86 0.39 -1.21 0.23 -1.13 0.26 -1.16 0.25
Actigraphic recording duration -1.63 0.11 -1.97 0.05 -1.80 0.08 -1.89 0.06 -0.96 0.34 -1.36 0.18