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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2020 Aug;27(8):872–878. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001557

Table 3.

Linear regression analysis between total change in WMH volume (cm3) and hormones, model was fit with interaction between treatment group and APOE status.

FSH LH E1 E2

Est (95% CI) P Est (95% CI) P Est (95% CI) P Est (95% CI) P

Intercept −8.0 (−20.8, 4.82) 0.22 −9.08 (−22.6, 4.43) 0.19 −9.75 (−22.4, 2.93) 0.13 −9.20 (−22.3, 3.85) 0.16
Hormone 0.006 (0.002, 0.01) 0.007 0.006 (−0.005, 0.02) 0.27 −0.005 (−0.008, −0.001) 0.008 −0.004 (−0.008, −0.000) 0.05
o-CEE 0.41 (0.05, 0.78) 0.03 0.24 (−0.12, 0.59) 0.19 0.53 (0.12, 0.93) 0.01 0.28 (−0.07, 0.63) 0.12
tE2 0.26 (−0.16, 0.68) 0.21 0.11 (−0.31, 0.53) 0.61 0.16 (−0.24, 0.56) 0.42 0.20 (−0.23, 0.62) 0.36
APOE −0.27 (−0.74, 0.20) 0.25 −0.20 (−0.69, 0.29) 0.42 −0.22 (−0.69, 0.25) 0.35 −0.23 (−0.71, 0.26) 0.35
Smoker 0.21 (−0.07, 0.50) 0.14 0.25 (−0.05, 0.54) 0.10 0.23 (−0.06, 0.51) 0.12 0.24 (−0.05, 0.54) 0.10
TIV 1.12 (−0.65, 2.88) 0.21 1.28 (−0.59, 3.14) 0.18 1.36 (−0.38, 3.11) 0.12 1.29 (−0.51, 3.08) 0.16
o-CEE x APOE 0.87 (−0.06, 1.80) 0.07 0.81 (−0.17, 1.78) 0.10 0.87 (−0.06, 1.80) 0.07 0.82 (−0.13, 1.78) 0.09
tE2 x APOE 0.75 (0.07, 1.43) 0.03 0.62 (−0.08, 1.33) 0.08 0.62 (−0.05, 1.30) 0.07 0.68 (−0.01, 1.38) 0.05

Abbreviations; oCEE = oral conjugated equine estrogens, tE2 = transdermal estradiol, FSH = follicle stimulating hormone, LH = luteinizing hormone, E1 = estrone, E2 = estradiol, TIV = total intracranial volume