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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Jun 18;53(3):1097–1105. doi: 10.3233/JAD-150987

Table 2.

Secondary analyses of BMI and PiB retention.

Dependent Variable: PiB PET β P-value
Model 1* Normal: BMI −0.253 0.01
Overweight: BMI −0.154 0.08
Obese: BMI −0.098 0.47
Model 2 APOE4 carrier: BMI −0.267 0.02
APOE4 non-carrier: BMI −0.074 0.33
Model 3 BMI −0.054 0.45
APOE4 carrier 0.381 <0.001
BMI × APOE4 interaction term −0.142 0.04

All models are adjusted for age, sex, and years of education.

*

Model 1 is also adjusted for APOE4 carrier status.

APOE4 (apolipoprotein ɛ4), BMI (body-mass index), PET (positron emission tomography), PiB (Pittsburgh Compound B).