Table 4.
Associations between VEGF and cortical thickness ROI analyzed in each Aβ stratum
| Aβ+ (n=215) | Aβ− (n=95) | |||||||
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| ROI | β | SE | p-value | FDR-p-value | β | SE | p-value | FDR-p-value |
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| 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.