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. 2022 Feb 14;19:15. doi: 10.1186/s12987-022-00306-2

Table 3.

A linear model was built for each predictor relative to the outcome 12 months postoperative change on the iNPH scale (delta iNPH scale) at follow-up and the covariates age, sex, waiting time for shunt surgery, iNPH scale score at baseline and Evans’ index

Coefficient Analysis of variance
P-value
NfL (n = 187) − 3.10 0.016
T-tau (n = 364) − 2.45 0.012
P-tau (n = 362) − 0.62 0.65
Aβ1–42 (n = 363) 2.76 0.058
DESH (n = 376) 4.30 0.055
Covariates:
Age − 0.50  < 0.001
Sex − 1.39 0.42
Time to shunt − 6.03  < 0.001
iNPH scale baseline − 0.23  < 0.001
Evans´ index 20.08 0.33

iNPH idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, NfL neurofilament light protein, T-tau total tau, P-tau phosphorylated tau, Aβ1–42 amyloid beta-42; DESH disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid-space hydrocephalus

Bold numbers are significant