Table 3.
Results for regression models with sex, diagnosis (cognitively normal or symptomatic), Aβ/P-tau status, and their interactions predicting recall omissions on the ADAS word recall task and total hippocampal volume
| Variable | ADAS 10 Word Recall Omissions | |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate | p | |
| Intercept | 0.56 | 0.704 |
| Diagnosis (0 = CN, 1 = symptomatic) | 2.51 | < 0.001 |
| Age | 0.0088 | 0.61 |
| Education | −0.107 | < 0.001 |
| Total intracranial volume (z-scored) | 0.225 | 0.039 |
| Sex (0 = male) | 0.22 | 0.74 |
| Hippocampal volume (z-scored) | −0.781 | < 0.001 |
| APOE ε4 Genotype (0 = no ε4) | 0.049 | 0.79 |
| CSF Aβ/P-tau positivity (Aβ/P-tau+) (0 = not Aβ/P-tau+) | 1.97 | 0.10 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ × diagnosis | −0.63 | 0.33 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ × sex | −4.05 | 0.008 |
| Diagnosis × sex | −0.76 | 0.06 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ × diagnosis × sex | 2.92 | < 0.001 |
| Variable | Total hippocampal volume | |
| Estimate | p | |
| Intercept | 10,938 | < 0.001 |
| Diagnosis (0 = CN, 1 = symptomatic) | − 547 | < 0.001 |
| Age | −82.8 | < 0.001 |
| Education | 5.00 | 0.64 |
| Total intracranial volume (z-scored) | 0.0019 | < 0.001 |
| Sex (0 = male) | − 166 | 0.59 |
| APOE ε4 Genotype (0 = no ε4) | 20.7 | 0.81 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ (0 = not Aβ/P-tau+) | 453 | 0.42 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ × diagnosis | − 401 | 0.18 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ × sex | −72.1 | 0.92 |
| Diagnosis × sex | 77.8 | 0.68 |
| Aβ/P-tau+ × diagnosis × sex | −76.0 | 0.84 |
Abbreviations: Aβ/P-tau+ amyloid beta/P-tau positivity, ADAS Alzheimer’s disease Assessment Scale, APOE apolipoprotein E, CN cognitively normal, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination
significant p values had been bolded (p < .05)