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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2019 Feb 18;15(5):635–643. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.12.013

Table 2.

Multiple linear regression modeling of significant neuropathologic variables

Brain weight Braak tangle stage Coexisting HpScl-TDP
Regression estimate (95% CI) P value OR* (95% CI) P value OR* (95% CI) P value
Unadjusted
Ethnoracial Group*
Hispanic decedents −61 (−98, −24) .001 2.0 (1.2, 3.4) .005 1.8 (0.8, 3.6) 180
Black decedents −50 (−120, 18) .150 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) .400 3.5 (1.0, 9.7) .054
Adjusted for age of onset, sex, and disease duration
Ethnoracial group*
Hispanic decedents −25 (−57, 6.3) .120 1.3 (0.7, 2.3) .400 1.1 (0.4, 2.4) .900
Black decedents −47 (−100, 9.0) .099 0.7 (0.3, 1.6) .340 5.4 (1.4, 17) .016
Covariates
Age of onset 15 (7.3, 24) .0003 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) <.0001 2.8 (2.0, 3.8) <.0001
Sex −140 (−150, −130) <.0001 1.9 (1.5, 2.5) <.0001 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) .3
Disease duration −9.4 (−11, −7.7) <.0001 1.1 (1.1, 1.1) <.0001 1.3 (1.2, 1.3) <.0001

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, confidence interval; HpScl, Hippocampal Sclerosis of a TDP-43 etiology.

NOTE. White decedents were inputted as the referent for the ethnoracial group.

*

All odds ratio estimates calculated by profile likelihood.