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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2008 May 5;31(1):17–24. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.011

Table 4.

Baseline Serum Lipids, in Tertiles, Predicting Impairment on TMT-Aa

Lipids in Tertiles
Total N
Categorical
2 vs. 1
3 vs. 1
Lipid Events HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Total SM 24 87 1.32 (0.79-2.20) 0.295 0.71 (0.22-2.28) 0.566 1.57 (0.59-4.14) 0.362
Ceramides
C16:0 23 79 1.19 (0.73-1.92) 0.489 3.80 (1.23-11.75) 0.021 1.64 (0.52-5.10) 0.396
C18:0 19 66 0.93 (0.50-1.74) 0.821 1.26 (0.36-4.44) 0.720 0.86 (0.23-3.16) 0.821
C20:0 19 66 1.22 (0.71-2.11) 0.473 3.63 (1.01-13.02) 0.048 1.63 (0.45-5.86) 0.456
C22:0 23 82 1.16 (0.68-1.96) 0.593 2.00 (0.64-6.24) 0.232 1.46 (0.46-4.68) 0.521
C24:1 24 86 1.17 (0.72-1.89) 0.524 2.32 (0.79-6.85) 0.127 1.51 (0.52-4.36) 0.445
C24:0 24 88 1.40 (0.86-2.28) 0.174 1.60 (0.48-5.38) 0.447 2.02 (0.73-5.54) 0.174
Galactosyl C12:0 20 70 0.92 (0.53-1.59) 0.756 0.73 (0.22-2.46) 0.609 0.83 (0.28-2.44) 0.736
Lactosyl C12:0 20 65 1.60 (0.87-2.93) 0.132 2.37 (0.69-8.13) 0.171 2.66 (0.72-9.77) 0.142
Stearoyl 24 84 1.31 (0.81-2.11) 0.279 3.09 (1.02-9.41) 0.047 1.90 (0.63-5.74) 0.253
Sulfatide 20 73 1.28 (0.70-2.35) 0.428 1.21 (0.38-3.88) 0.745 1.63 (0.49-5.47) 0.425
SM/Cholesterol ratio 24 86 1.36 (0.81-2.28) 0.249 1.40 (0.46-4.21) 0.552 1.85 (0.65-5.28) 0.251
Total cholesterol 24 87 0.82 (0.48-1.39) 0.460 0.98 (0.36-2.67) 0.967 0.66 (0.22-1.97) 0.461

HR = Hazard Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval

a

Models control for baseline age, blood glucose level, and BMI