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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2014 Mar 11;35(9):2096–2106. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.03.006

Appendix Table 2.

Estimated mean FDG ratio and tests for significant differences in FDG by age and APOE ε4 genotype from linear regression models, not partial volume corrected

ROI Estimated mean FDG ratiosa
p-values for effect of:
Young carrier Young noncarrier Elderly carrier Elderly noncarrier Age p-value APOE ε4 p-value Agea APOE ε4 p-value
Anterior cingulate 1.64 1.65 1.38 1.38 <0.001 0.62 0.96
Caudate 1.55 1.56 1.26 1.29 <0.001 0.27 0.21
Cingulate and/or precuneus 1.79 1.85 1.54 1.58 <0.001 0.07 0.63
Insula 1.56 1.56 1.28 1.28 <0.001 0.97 0.90
Lateral parietal 1.69 1.72 1.43 1.46 <0.001 0.13 0.97
Lateral temporal 1.56 1.56 1.35 1.37 <0.001 0.50 0.89
Medial temporal 1.24 1.22 1.11 1.11 <0.001 0.07 0.14
Occipital 1.70 1.73 1.53 1.55 <0.001 0.26 0.96
Orbito frontal 1.58 1.58 1.36 1.36 <0.001 0.88 0.98
Pallidum 1.37 1.33 1.40 1.40 <0.001 0.34 0.21
Paracentral lobule 1.55 1.61 1.47 1.48 <0.001 0.38 0.22
Postcentral gyrus 1.59 1.62 1.44 1.45 <0.001 0.68 0.66
Precentral gyrus 1.63 1.67 1.48 1.49 <0.001 0.50 0.40
Prefrontal 1.74 1.76 1.48 1.50 <0.001 0.49 0.84
Primary visual 1.94 1.96 1.64 1.66 <0.001 0.41 0.98
Putamen 1.83 1.82 1.62 1.63 <0.001 0.95 0.91
Rolandic operulum 1.68 1.67 1.40 1.41 <0.001 0.96 0.97
Supplementary motor area 1.70 1.74 1.50 1.52 <0.001 0.61 0.57
Thalamus 1.62 1.63 1.43 1.44 <0.001 0.69 0.79
AD signature meta-ROI 1.84 1.87 1.52 1.56 <0.001 0.04 0.92

Key: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; APOE, apolipoprotein E; FDG, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose; ROI, region of interest.

a

Estimated FDG ratios for hypothetical participants based on regression model.

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