. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;72(1):45–53. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190538

Table 4.

Relative odds of being classified as rapid, moderate, and mild decline compared to slow decline, according to sample characteristics, by race

Compared to Slow Decline	Characteristics	African Americans Odds Ratio (95% CI)	White Participants Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Rapid	Age	1.02 (0.97, 1.09)	1.18 (1.10, 1.26)^*
	Education	0.92 (0.86, 0.98)^†	1.08 (0.95, 1.24)
	Females	0.93 (0.60, 1.45)	2.10 (0.84, 6.73)
	APOE ε4 allele	3.44 (2.24, 5.33)^*	2.34 (1.46, 3.74)^*
Moderate	Age	0.99 (0.97, 1.02)	1.15 (1.13, 1.21)^*
	Education	0.84 (0.80, 0.87)^*	1.05 (1.00, 1.11)^†
	Females	0.87 (0.68, 1.12)	1.14 (0.78, 1.69)
	APOE ε4 allele	1.80 (1.40, 2.30)^*	2.24 (1.54, 3.26)^*
Mild	Age	0.93 (0.91, 0.95)^*	1.07 (1.05, 1.10)^*
	Education	0.88 (0.85, 0.90)^*	1.18 (1.14, 1.22)^*
	Females	0.98 (0.82, 1.18)	0.79 (0.62, 0.99)^†
	APOE ε4 allele	0.98 (0.82, 1.19)	0.89 (0.70, 1.12)

p < 0.001;

^†

p < 0.05.