Table 2.
Relation of the neuropathologies with rate of decline in four cognitive systems*.
Term | Estimate (SE) p |
---|---|
Episodic memory | |
Tangles | –0.0045 (0.0009) p < 0.001 |
Amyloid | Ns |
Gross infarcts | Ns |
Microinfarcts | Ns |
Neocortical Lewy bodies | Ns |
Semantic memory | |
Tangles | –0.0031 (0.0006) p < 0.001 |
Amyloid | –0.0012 (0.0006) p = 0.044 |
Gross infarcts | –0.0139 (0.0057) p = 0.016 |
Microinfarcts | Ns |
Neocortical Lewy bodies | –0.0303 (0.0094) p = 0.001 |
Working memory | |
Tangles | Ns |
Amyloid | –0.0021 (0.0007) p = 0.004 |
Gross infarcts | Ns |
Microinfarcts | Ns |
Neocortical Lewy bodies | –0.0221 (0.0109) p = 0.042 |
Perceptual speed | |
Tangles | Ns |
Amyloid | Ns |
Gross infarcts | Ns |
Microinfarcts | Ns |
Neocortical Lewy bodies | –0.0784 (0.0160) p < 0.001 |
Derived from random coefficient models including terms for age, sex, education, time, all of the neuropathologies, and the interactions of demographics and the neuropathologies with time.