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 | Aβ42/40 | 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 | Aβ 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 | |