Table 7.
Results for G-CSF from multivariate logistic regression analysis of G-CSF and MMSE scores among AD patients following stratification into tertiles on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), C-reactive protein (CRP) and thrombopoietin
| Protein | Tertile | Unstandardized coefficients |
Standardized coefficient | t | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Std error | |||||
| Thrombopoietin | Low | 0.024 | 0.182 | 0.018 | 0.132 | 0.896 |
| Medium | −0.662 | 0.177 | −0.440 | −3.739 | <0.001** | |
| High | −0.252 | 0.207 | −0.159 | −1.218 | 0.228 | |
| BDNF | Low | −0.280 | 0.184 | −0.182 | −1.515 | 0.135 |
| Medium | −0.423 | 0.168 | −0.338 | −2.524 | 0.015* | |
| High | −0.132 | 0.186 | 0.086 | 0.712 | 0.479 | |
| CRP | Low | −0.121 | 0.168 | −0.093 | −0.720 | 0.475 |
| Medium | −0.069 | 0.174 | −0.051 | −0.399 | 0.692 | |
| High | −0.722 | 0.195 | −0.450 | −3.699 | <0.001** | |
Regression models included adjustment for age, gender, years of education and APOE4 status.
* Significant at p < 0.05;
** significant at p < 0.001.