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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neuropathol. 2016 May 14;132(2):225–234. doi: 10.1007/s00401-016-1580-y

Table 2.

Association of Sex and APOE4 with CAA Score

Sex and APOE4 in model c Additionally adjusting for age,
Braak stage and Thal stage c

Covariate Subgroup Effect
(95% CI)
p-value d Effect
(95% CI)
p-value d
Male All a 0.25 (0.10, 0.40) <.001 0.27 (0.12, 0.42) <.001
APOE4b 0.27 (0.03, 0.51) 0.027 0.29 (0.05, 0.53) 0.017
APOE4+ b 0.24 (0.05, 0.43) 0.014 0.26 (0.06, 0.46) 0.010

APOE4+ All a 0.23 (0.08, 0.38) 0.003 0.22 (0.06, 0.37) 0.005
Females b 0.24 (0.04, 0.44) 0.017 0.23 (0.03, 0.43) 0.024
Males b 0.21 (−0.02, 0.45) 0.074 0.20 (−0.03, 0.43) 0.095

APOE4
allelic dose
All a 0.30 (0.20, 0.41) <.001 0.30 (0.19, 0.40) <.001
Females b 0.30 (0.16, 0.44) <.001 0.29 (0.15, 0.43) <.001
Males b 0.30 (0.15, 0.46) <.001 0.31 (0.15, 0.46) <.001
a

Results from models with no interaction terms.

b

Results from models with interaction of APOE4 and sex.

c

Age is included as a continuous variable, Braak stage as dichotomous (6 vs. <6), and Thal as dichotomous (5 vs. <5).

d

Wald p-value.