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

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.