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. 2019 Oct 17;86(6):866–877. doi: 10.1002/ana.25600

Table 2.

Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects Seen on Components of the Resilience, Vascular, and Amyloid Pathways (Shown in Fig 2)

Path Total Effect Direct Effect Total Indirect Effect
Estimate (SE) p Estimate (SE) p Estimate (SE) p
Education/occupation, systemic vascular health, and genu FA as outcomes
Age [decade] → education/occupation −0.306 (0.074) <0.001 −0.306 (0.074) <0.001
Male → education/occupation 0.910 (0.143) <0.001 0.910 (0.143) <0.001
Age [decade] → CMC 0.581 (0.040) <0.001 0.564 (0.040) <0.001 0.017 (0.006) 0.007
Male → CMC 0.391 (0.076) <0.001 0.441 (0.077) <0.001 −0.050 (0.016) 0.002
Education/occupation → CMC −0.055 (0.015) <0.001 −0.055 (0.015) <0.001
Age [decade] → genu FA −0.514 (0.028) <0.001 −0.469 (0.030) <0.001 −0.045 (0.012) <0.001
Male → genu FA 0.227 (0.053) <0.001 0.257 (0.053) <0.001 −0.030 (0.010) 0.002
Education/occupation → genu FA 0.004 (0.002) 0.008 0.004 (0.002) 0.008
CMC → genu FA −0.078 (0.020) <0.001 −0.078 (0.020) <0.001
Amyloid as an outcome
Age [decade] → log [amyloid] 0.443 (0.026) <0.001 0.443 (0.026) <0.001
Male → log [amyloid] −0.100 (0.050) 0.045 −0.100 (0.050) 0.045
APOE4 → log [amyloid] 0.599 (0.055) <0.001 0.599 (0.055) <0.001

CMC = cardiovascular and metabolic conditions; FA = fractional anisotropy; SE = standard error.