Table 2.
Simultaneous equation regression model of the direct and total effects of age and years of exposure to RHI on CD68 cell density and tau pathology (AT8 tau density)
Standardized direct effects | Standardized total effects | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Effect/Std error/t value/p value | Effect/Std error/t value/p value | |||
CD68 Density | AT8 Tau Density | CD68 Density | AT8 Tau Density | |
Age | −0.0195 | 0.5125 | 0.006044 | 0.5136 |
0.1003 | 0.0682 | 0.1009 | 0.0691 | |
−0.1948 | 7.5184 | 0.0599 | 7.4306 | |
0.8456 | <.0001 | 0.9523 | <.0001 | |
RHI Exposure (Years) | 0.3911 | 0.4614 | 0.4178 | 0.5349 |
0.0852 | 0.071 | 0.0917 | 0.0681 | |
4.5911 | 6.4999 | 4.5551 | 7.8586 | |
<.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | |
CD68 Density | 0.1759 | 0.1774 | ||
0.0499 | 0.0507 | |||
3.5271 | 3.5005 | |||
<.0001 | <.0001 | |||
AT8 Tau Density | 0.0498 | 0.0503 | ||
0.0112 | 0.0114 | |||
4.4363 | 4.4058 | |||
<.0001 | <.0001 |
Simultaneous equation regression was used to analyze the direct and total effects. Bolded numbers represent significant p values. Visual pathway analysis can be found in Fig. 2