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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 16;361(3):255–263. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0809437

Table 3.

Mixed Models of APOE e4 Homozygotes, Heterozygotes, and Noncarriers

AVLT MMSE COWAT JLO
Estimate SE P Estimate SE P Estimate SE P Estimate SE P
Fixed Effects
Intercept 9.19 0.16 <.0001 29.52 0.05 <.0001 44.57 0.60 <.0001 24.79 0.20 <.0001
Heteroi −0.32 0.29 0.2732 0.05 0.10 0.6066 −1.34 1.09 0.2183 0.37 0.36 0.3057
Homoi −0.42 0.42 0.3178 −0.08 0.14 0.5936 2.74 1.57 0.0812 0.12 0.54 0.8284
Agei1-60 −0.0853 0.0254 0.0008 −0.0234 0.0102 0.0222 −0.3979 0.0809 <.0001 −0.1117 0.0342 0.0011
Heteroi × (Agei1-60) 0.0020 0.0420 0.9622 0.0274 0.0167 0.1022 −0.0611 0.1337 0.6476 0.1248 0.0564 0.0271
Homoi × (Agei1-60) 0.0575 0.0658 0.3823 0.0241 0.0247 0.329 0.0879 0.2243 0.6953 0.1548 0.0870 0.0754
 (Agei1-60)2 0.0021 0.0013 0.1069 0.0006 0.0005 0.2705 0.0078 0.0041 0.0587 0.0017 0.0016 0.2843
Heteroi × (Agei1-60)2 0.0017 0.0022 0.4376 −0.0010 0.0009 0.2576 0.0033 0.0070 0.639 −0.0021 0.0027 0.4405
Homoi × (Agei1-60)2 0.0052 0.0042 0.2158 0.0032 0.0016 0.0497 0.0007 0.0141 0.9582 0.0065 0.0052 0.2091
Ageij-60 0.0408 0.0244 0.0946 0.0060 0.0101 0.5546 0.3407 0.0743 <.0001 0.0691 0.0331 0.0371
Heteroi × (Ageij-60) −0.0279 0.0394 0.479 −0.0315 0.0163 0.0525 0.0138 0.1196 0.9082 −0.1200 0.0532 0.0243
Homoi × (Ageij-60) −0.1457 0.0497 0.0034 −0.0273 0.0206 0.184 −0.0930 0.1509 0.5381 −0.1257 0.0702 0.0734
 (Ageij-60)2 −0.0013 0.0012 0.2793 −0.0008 0.0005 0.0841 −0.0116 0.0035 0.0011 −0.0020 0.0015 0.1762
Heteroi × (Ageij-60)2 −0.0027 0.0020 0.1754 0.0007 0.0008 0.3641 −0.0006 0.0060 0.9253 0.0014 0.0024 0.5658
Homoi × (Ageij-60)2 −0.0083 0.0032 0.0087 −0.0034 0.0013 0.01 −0.0123 0.0096 0.197 −0.0080 0.0039 0.0431
Random Effects
Intercept 6.53 0.41 <.0001 0.60 0.06 <.0001 101.97 6.00 <.0001 9.46 0.62 <.0001
Residual 3.59 0.13 <.0001 0.64 0.03 <.0001 32.43 1.19 <.0001 4.84 0.20 <.0001

AVLT = Auditory Verbal Learning Test (Long Term Memory score); MMSE = Mini Mental Status Examination; COWAT = Controlled Oral Word Association Test; JLO = Judgement of Line Orientation; SE = Standard Error