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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2021 May 21;105:241–251. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.04.025

Table 4.

Associations between VEGF and cortical thickness ROI analyzed in each Aβ stratum

Aβ+ (n=215) Aβ− (n=95)

ROI β SE p-value FDR-p-value β SE p-value FDR-p-value

Superior Temporal Gyrus 0.23 0.12 0.051 0.15 −0.35 0.15 0.028 0.062
Middle Temporal Gyrus 0.24 0.12 0.049 0.15 −0.23 0.15 0.13 0.17
Inferior Temporal Gyrus 0.20 0.12 0.098 0.22 −0.22 0.14 0.12 0.17
Fusiform Gyrus 0.23 0.12 0.051 0.15 −0.35 0.15 0.028 0.062
Entorhinal Cortex 0.46 0.34 0.18 0.29 −0.42 0.49 0.39 0.43
Superior Parietal Cortex −0.09 0.10 0.39 0.44 −0.41 0.14 0.004 0.032*
Inferior Parietal Cortex 0.12 0.11 0.28 0.35 −0.34 0.14 0.021 0.062
Posterior Cingulate 0.13 0.10 0.19 0.29 −0.11 0.14 0.43 0.43
Precuneus 0.13 0.10 0.99 0.99 −0.20 0.12 0.10 0.17

Each relationship was evaluated using a linear mixed effects model. Fixed effects included VEGF, age, sex, years of education, and CSF t-tau, APOE4, and diagnosis. Site was modeled using random effects. FDR=False Discovery Rate. SE = Standard Error.

*

indicates p< 0.05 significance.