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. 2018 Nov 25;8(11):e023664. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023664

Table 3.

Prediction of PiB PET amyloid deposition

Model 1* Model 2† Model 3‡ Model 4§
PCC
 Mediterranean diet −0.017 (0.016) −0.018 (0.017) −0.011 (0.016)
 Physical activity −0.005 (0.003) p=0.106 −0.005 (0.003) −0.005 (0.003) p=0.096
 Intellectual activity 0.053 (0.053) 0.021 (0.052) 0.016 (0.051)
 Plasma homocysteine −0.013 (0.012) −0.006 (0.012) −0.010 (0.012)
 Plasma cholesterol −0.002 (0.001) −0.001 (0.001) −0.001 (0.001)
 Body mass index −0.004 (0.005) −0.005 (0.005) −0.006 (0.005)
 QUICKI scores −1.720 (1.550) −2.155 (1.581) −2.016 (1.575)
 Hypertension −0.048 (0.041) −0.026 (0.037) −0.019 (0.036)
 PCC PiB uptake at baseline 0.094 (0.238) 0.194 (0.259) 0.156 (0.261) 0.232 (0.252)
 Sex 0.020 (0.031)
 APOE status 0.042 (0.029)
 Age 0.007 (0.004)
 Time to follow-up 0.000 (0.000)
 Constant 0.394 (0.256) 0.465 (0.264) p=0.088 0.126 (0.028) p<0.001 0.447 (0.263) p=0.090
Frontal cortex
 Mediterranean diet −0.016 (0.011) p=0.104 −0.018 (0.011) p=0.102 −0.011 (0.011)
 Physical activity −0.000 (0.002) −0.001 (0.002) −0.001 (0.002)
 Intellectual activity 0.050 (0.036) 0.031 (0.036) 0.019 (0.036)
 Plasma homocysteine −0.001 (0.008) −0.001 (0.008) −0.002 (0.008)
 Plasma cholesterol −0.001 (0.001) −0.001 (0.001) −0.001 (0.001)
 Body mass index −0.001 (0.003) −0.001 (0.003) −0.001 (0.003)
 QUICKI scores −1.293 (1.008) −1.497 (1.012) −1.184 (1.001)
 Hypertension −0.005 (0.029) −0.005 (0.026) 0.001 (0.025)
 Frontal PiB uptake at baseline 0.000 (0.143) 0.003 (0.145) 0.001 (0.144) 0.026 (0.140)
 Sex 0.017 (0.019)
 APOE status 0.033 (0.019) p=0.084
 Age 0.000 (0.002)
 Time to follow-up −0.000 (0.000)
 Constant 0.234 (0.167) 0.256 (0.168) 0.010 (0.018) p<0.001 0.208 (0.166)

See legend to table 2. Only significant and marginally significant p values are reported in the table.

APOE, apolipoprotein E; PCC, posterior cingulate cortex; QUICKI, Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index.