Table 4.
Prediction of FDG PET metabolic changes
| Model 1* | Model 2† | Model 3‡ | Model 4§ | |
| PCC | ||||
| Mediterranean diet | 0.010 (0.005) p=0.050 | 0.010 (0.005) p=0.048 | 0.010 (0.005) p=0.043 | |
| Physical activity | −0.000 (0.001) | −0.000 (0.001) | −0.000 (0.001) | |
| Intellectual activity | 0.005 (0.015) | 0.004 (0.015) | 0.004 (0.014) | |
| Plasma homocysteine | 0.004 (0.004) | 0.004 (0.003) | 0.004 (0.004) | |
| Plasma cholesterol | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | −0.000 (0.000) | |
| Body mass index | −0.001 (0.001) | −0.001 (0.001) | −0.001 (0.001) | |
| QUICKI scores | 0.165 (0.480) | 0.184 (0.438) | 0.049 (0.459) | |
| Hypertension | 0.001 (0.013) | 0.003 (0.011) | −0.000 (0.011) | |
| PCC FDG uptake at baseline | 0.573 (0.194) p=0.006 | 0.587 (0.183) p=0.002 | 0.566 (0.184) p=0.003 | 0.515 (0.184) p=0.004 |
| Sex | −0.003 (0.010) | |||
| APOE status | 0.001 (0.008) | |||
| Age | 0.000 (0.001) | |||
| Time to follow-up | −0.000 (0.000) | |||
| Constant | 1.154 (0.080) p<0.001 | 1.154 (0.083) p<0.001 | 1.182 (0.007) p<0.001 | 1.173 (0.076) p<0.001 |
| Frontal cortex | ||||
| Mediterranean diet | −0.011 (0.007) | −0.012 (0.007) p=0.106 | −0.012 (0.007) p=0.072 | |
| Physical activity | 0.001 (0.001) | 0.000 (0.001) | 0.001 (0.001) | |
| Intellectual activity | 0.010 (0.020) | 0.008 (0.019) | 0.005 (0.019) | |
| Plasma homocysteine | 0.003 (0.005) | 0.002 (0.005) | 0.002 (0.005) | |
| Plasma cholesterol | 0.001 (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.001 (0.000) | |
| Body mass index | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.003 (0.002) | |
| QUICKI scores | −0.116 (0.690) | −0.100 (0.669) | 0.102 (0.668) | |
| Hypertension | 0.017 (0.018) | 0.009 (0.015) | 0.013 (0.015) | |
| Frontal FDG uptake at baseline | 0.202 (0.112) p=0.093 | 0.239 (0.107) p=0.040 | 0.196 (0.104) p=0.085 | 0.235 (0.101) p=0.036 |
| Sex | 0.007 (0.011) | |||
| APOE status | −0.006 (0.012) | |||
| Age | −0.001 (0.001) p=0.091 | |||
| Time to follow-up | −0.000 (0.000) | |||
| Constant | 1.209 (0.114) p<0.001 | 1.197 (0.111) p<0.001 | 1.174 (0.010) p<0.001 | 1.166 (0.110) p<0.001 |
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.