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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 May 4;53(2):573–581. doi: 10.3233/JAD-151201

Table 3.

Model 2. Association Between Plasma Adiponectin Levels and Neuroimaging and Cognitive Outcomes by Sex and Elevated (PiB-PET SUVR≥1.4) Amyloid Level

Men with Elevated Amyloid Women with Elevated Amyloid
B (95% CI) P value B (95% CI) P value
Neuroimaging outcomes
 HVa,* cm3 −0.279 (−0.836, 0.278) .324 −0.723 (−1.43, −0.014) 0.046
 AD signature thickness, mm −0.013 (−0.150, 0.124) .852 0.100 (−0.067, 0.266) 0.238
 FDG PET, SUVR −0.098 (−0.216, 0.019) .101 −0.054 (−0.186, 0.079) 0.418
Cognitive outcomes
 Memory domain, z-score 0.020 (−0.739, 0.780) .958 −1.40 (−2.38, −0.422) 0.005
 Language domain, z-score −0.173 (−0.784, 0.438) .577 −1.03 (−1.82, −0.244) 0.011
 Attention domain, z-score 0.347 (−0.222, 0.915) .231 −0.654 (−1.45, 0.139) 0.105
 Visual-spatial domain, z-score −0.101 (−0.689, 0.488) .735 −0.196 (−1.03, 0.640) 0.644
 Global cognition, z-score 0.048 (−0.546, 0.642) .873 −1.07 (−1.85, −0.288) 0.008
Men with Lower Amyloid Levels Women with Lower Amyloid Levels
B (95% CI) P value B (95% CI) P value
Neuroimaging outcomes
 HVa,* cm3 0.080 (−0.537, 0.696) .799 −0.458 (−1.63, 0.716) .438
 AD signature thickness, mm 0.010 (−0.017, 0.038) .467 0.022 (−0.030, 0.073) .403
 FDG PET, SUVR −0.078 (−0.209, 0.054) .244 0.026 (−0.209, 0.261) .826
Cognitive outcomes
 Memory domain, z-score −0.028 (−0.828, 0.772) .945 0.639 (−0.981, 2.26) .433
 Language domain, z-score 0.194 (−0.492, 0.880) .576 −0.635 (−1.73, 0.462) .251
 Attention domain, z-score −0.256 (−0.902, 0.390) .434 −0.378 (−1.61, 0.857) .542
 Visual-spatial domain, z-score −0.349 (−1.09, 0.389) .351 −0.621 (−2.04, 0.795) .383
 Global cognition, z-score −0.079 (−0.783, 0.624) .824 −0.351 (−1.68, 0.977) .598

Models were adjusted for age, years of education, waist-to-hip ratio, current diabetes and hypertension, and APOE ε4 status. A+ Men: neuroimaging outcomes, n=182; memory, n=181; language, n=176; attention, n=171; visual-spatial, n=171; global, n=166. A+ Women: MRI, n=133; memory, n=132; language, n=128; attention, n=130; visual-spatial, n=128; global, n=126. A- Men: HVa, n=129; FDG PET, n=131; cortical thickness, n=128; memory, n=131; language, n=130; attention, n=127; visual-spatial, n=129; global, n=127. A- Women: neuroimaging outcomes, n=66; memory, n=66; language and visual-spatial, n=63; attention, n=62; global, n=62.

*

HVa adjusted for total intracranial volume.