Table 1. Demographic characteristics and neuropsychological test of all sample participants.
APOEε4 carriers (n=129) | APOEε4 noncarriers (n=717) | Main APOEε4 effect | Main age effect | Age×APOE ε4 interaction | |
Male/Female | 47/82 | 264/453 | 1a | ||
Age (years) | 64.90±7.39 | 65.18±7.34 | 0.69 | ||
Education (years) | 11.08±3.61 | 10.82±3.67 | 0.47 | ||
MCI (Y/N) | 23/106 | 97/620 | 0.22 a | ||
Hypertension (%) | 51 (39.5%) | 296 (41%) | 0.83 a | ||
Hyperlipidemia (%) | 69(53.4%) | 327 (45.6%) | 0.205 a | ||
Diabetes (%) | 12 (9.3%) | 116 (16.2%) | 0.107 a | ||
Coronary heart disease (%) | 7 (5.4%) | 82 (11.4%) | 0.112 a | ||
Cerebrovascular disease (%) | 15 (11.6%) | 86 (12%) | 1 a | ||
Family history of dementia (%) | 3 (2.3%) | 10 (13.9%) | 0.332 a | ||
MMSE | 27.29±2.25 | 27.66±1.96 | 0.001 | <0.0001 | 0.011 |
Memory | -0.069±0.75 | 0.012±0.74 | 0.063 | <0.0001 | 0.144 |
Visuo-spatial ability | -0.053±0.91 | 0.003±0.84 | 0.383 | 0.003 | 0.006 |
Attention | -0.054±0.74 | 0.001±0.79 | 0.051 | <0.0001 | 0.300 |
Language | -0.009±0.89 | -0.001±0.82 | 0.143 | <0.0001 | 0.028 |
Executive function | -0.046±0.85 | -0.003±0.83 | 0.292 | <0.0001 | 0.184 |
Values are mean±standard deviation or Nos. of participants.
aThe p-value for sex and MCI status were obtained using χ2 test.