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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Mar 15;95:178–189. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.03.015

Table 3.

Parameter estimates from hierarchical linear regression models of PiB status, IL-6 and their interaction product as predictors of change in global and regional Aβ deposition from baseline to follow-up.

Region Baseline PiB Status
Interleukin-6
PiB Status X Interleukin-6
Estimate Standard Error p-value Estimate Standard Error p-value Estimate Standard Error t-value p-value R2 change
Global PiB SUVR 0.099 0.049 0.049 0.057 0.094 0.544 0.49 0.184 2.65 0.011 0.095
Frontal Cortex 0.190 0.062 0.003 0.006 0.119 0.958 0.341 0.243 1.40 0.167 0.026
Anterior Cingulate Gyrus 0.197 0.073 0.010 0.245 0.140 0.086 0.732 0.275 2.67 0.010 0.090
Precuneus Cortex 0.043 0.053 0.417 0.117 0.101 0.254 0.48 0.201 2.39 0.02 0.077
Parietal Cortex 0.047 0.054 0.379 0.059 0.102 0.569 0.61 0.17 3.12 0.003 0.130
Anterior Ventral Striatum 0.069 0.044 0.123 −0.11 0.084 0.18 0.12 0.17 0.69 0.495 0.007
Lateral Temporal Cortex 0.09 0.048 0.073 −0.022 0.091 0.81 0.49 0.18 2.75 0.008 0.101

Data from moderation models adjusting for age, sex, years of education, duration (weeks) from blood draw to imaging, history of heart disease, iabetes, current anti-hypertensive medication use, duration between consecutive PiB-PET scans, depressive symptoms, APOE ε4, and white matter hyperintensities. Abbreviations: PiB = Pittsburgh compound-B; SUVR = standardized uptake value ratio