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. 2016 Aug 24;38(5-6):495–503. doi: 10.1007/s11357-016-9944-8

Table 2.

Moderated moderation analysis with the MMSE score as a dependent variable and age, the APOE ε4 allele, education, and three interactions as independent variables (Analysis 1)

B SE t value p value Lower LCI Upper LCI
Constant 123.56 11.83 10.44 0.00 100.30 146.82
Age −1.10 0.11 −9.63 0.00 −1.33 −0.88
APOE −4.27 1.37 −3.12 0.00 −6.96 −1.58
Education 1.21 0.52 2.35 0.02 0.19 2.23
Gender −3.78 1.06 −3.56 0.00 −5.86 −1.69
APOE × education 0.29 1.65 0.17 0.86 −2.95 3.53
APOE × gender 5.30 5.33 0.99 0.32 −5.18 15.78
Education × gender −0.87 1.12 −0.78 0.044 −3.08 1.34
APOE × education × gender 12.76 5.63 2.27 0.02 1.69 23.83
Conditional effect of APOE × education at values of gender
Gender Effect SE t value p value Lower LCI Upper LCI
 Man −10.38 5.38 −1.93 0.05 −20.96 0.19
 Woman 2.38 1.67 1.43 0.15 −0.90 5.65

Note: The variables, APOE, gender, and education were mean-centered prior to analysis. Gender: man = 1, woman = 2; APOE ε4 allele: the ε4 noncarriers = 0, the ε4 carriers = 1; education: low = 1, middle = 2, high = 3