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. 2022 Sep 7;27(11):4800–4808. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01729-x

Table 2.

Association of Clinical Dementia Rating sum of boxes (CDR-SOB) with quantitative proportions of African ancestry and AD neuropathological burden (n = 400).

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p
AFR 0.13 (−0.03; 0.28) 0.10 0.13 (−0.03; 0.28) 0.11 0.12 (−0.04; 0.28) 0.14
BB stage
 III-IV 0.60 (−0.44; 1.63) 0.26 0.35 (−0.76; 1.46) 0.53 0.33 (−0.78; 1.45) 0.55
 V-VI 7.20 (5.30; 9.10) <0.001 6.99 (5.07; 8.92) <0.001 7.04 (5.11; 8.97) <0.001
CERAD score
 Moderate 2.18 (0.86; 3.51) 0.001 1.93 (0.59; 3.27) 0.005 1.87 (0.52; 3.22) 0.007
  Frequent 4.39 (2.68; 6.10) <0.001 4.06 (2.33; 5.79) <0.001 3.90 (2.12; 5.67) <0.001

AFR global African ancestry (continuous 10% increments), BB Braak & Braak, CERAD Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s disease.

Model 1: Linear regression model including African Ancestry, Braak & Braak stage, and CERAD score.

Model 2: Linear regression model including African Ancestry, Braak & Braak stage, and CERAD score adjusted for age, sex, and education.

Model 3: Linear regression model including African Ancestry, Braak & Braak stage, and CERAD score adjusted for age, sex, education, and APOE4.