Table 2.

Intercept and slope parameters (β-estimates) for each cognitive test for base mixed-effects models comparing ε2/ε3, ε3/ε3 and ε4-carriers.

	Trails B	Category Fluency	Buschke Total Recall	MMSE
Intercept	102.42 ***	19.98 ***	45.06 ***	27.40 ***
Age	−17.90 ***	−0.32	1.20	0.97 ***
Age Squared	12.93 ***	−0.42 ***	−1.46 ***	−0.41 ***
Retest	−1.60	-	-	0.58 ***
Sex	−5.71	1.87 ***	−3.94 ***	0.45 *
Education	7.10	1.31 *	0.68	−0.11
ε2	19.11 **	−1.59 *	−1.96	0.12
ε4	−1.75	1.15	1.08	0.31
Age × Sex	−1.95	−0.44 *	−0.18	−0.30 ***
Age × Education	−7.91 ***	−0.05	0.44	0.22 *
Age × ε2	−7.40 *	0.51	0.67	−0.03
Age × ε4	5.35 *	−0.42	−0.39	−0.12
Sex × ε2	−7.84	0.75	0.25	−0.10
Sex × ε4	−3.71	−0.68	−1.40	−0.48 *

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.

The intercept shows the modeled score of a 50 year old; the age term is the modeled change in score per ten-year increase in age over age 50.