Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;63(4):1347–1360. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180017

Table 6.

Results from logistic regression models examining WMH in the prediction of cerebrovascular neuropathology

1. Atherosclerosis (n = 31) 2. Arteriolosclerosis (n = 39) 3. Amyloid angiopathy (n = 16)
B p OR (95% CI) B p OR (95% CI) B p OR (95% CI)
Intercept −7.91 0.15 -- −13.46 0.01 -- −10.19 0.11 --
APOE ε4 carrier 0.30 0.58 1.35 (0.47–3.86) 1.51 0.009 4.54 (1.46–14.11) 1.25 0.07 3.49 (0.89–13.70)
Age at death 0.11 0.014 1.12 (1.02–1.22) 0.12 0.004 1.13 (1.04–1.23) 0.03 0.52 1.03 (0.94–1.13)
Total brain volume −0.00 0.39 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.00 0.41 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.00 0.15 1.00 (1.00–1.01)
WMH volume 0.01 0.37 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 0.02 0.21 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 0.04 0.032 1.04 (1.00–1.08)
4. Microinfarcts (n = 36) 5. Infarcts/lacunes (n = 26)
B p OR (95% CI) B p OR (95% CI)
Intercept −7.91 0.12 -- −5.47 0.31 --
APOE ε4 carrier −0.11 0.84 0.90 (0.32–2.53) −0.07 0.91 0.93 (0.29–2.95)
Age at death 0.07 0.07 1.07 (0.99–1.15) 0.06 0.18 1.06 (0.98–1.15)
Total brain volume 0.00 0.62 1.00 (1.00–1.01) −0.00 0.71 1.00 (0.99–1.00)
WMH volume 0.03 0.029 1.03 (1.00–1.06) 0.04 0.007 1.04 (1.01–1.08)

Total model fits are as follows: 1. R2 = 0.24, AUC = 0.74; 2. R2 = 0.26, AUC = 0.75; 3. R2 = 0.18, AUC = 0.73; 4. R2 = 0.20, AUC = 0.72; 5. R2 = 0.26, AUC = 0.77