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. 2023 Jan 4;14:1017521. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.1017521

Table 2.

Sample characteristics by OSA status and race.

Black participants White participants
OSA+(n=24) OSA-(n=166) F/t/X2 Sig OSA+(n=230) OSA-(n=962) F/t/X2 Sig
Age mean(SD) 69.1 (7.5) 68.4 8.6 −0.39 0.348 70.36 (7.6) 69.83 (8.4) −0.88 0.190
Female sex 15 62.5% 125 75.3% 1.77 0.216 100 43.3% 573 59.3% 19.45 <0.001
Education
Years {mean±SD} 14.83 (2.8) 15.56 (2.8) 1.19 0.118 16.01 (2.6) 16.21 (2.8) 0.97 0.165
<9 | Elementary School 0 0.0% 1 0.6% 1.07 0.784 2 0.9% 16 1.7% 4.37 0.224
9-12 | High School 6 25.0% 32 19.3% 23 10% 104 10.8%
13-16 | College 11 45.8% 69 41.6% 115 50% 412 42.8%
>17 | Graduate School 7 29.2% 64 38.6% 90 39.1% 430 44.7%
Cognitive Status
Normal Cognitive Status 13 54.2% 93 56.0% 1.65 0.648 100 43.3% 465 48.1% 4.12 0.249
Impaired, not MCI 1 4.2% 10 6.0% 8 3.5% 32 3.3%
MCI 9 37.5% 46 27.7% 89 38.5% 306 31.7%
Dementia 1 4.2% 17 10.2% 34 14.7% 163 16.9%
APOE-e4
APOE e4 Carrier 9 37.5% 71 42.8% 0.24 0.625 81 35.1% 365 37.8% 0.60 0.442
Frequency of alleles
e3/e3 11 45.8% 65 39.2% 1.28 0.937 127 55.0% 516 53.4% 2.73 0.741
e3/e4 8 33.3% 62 37.3% 59 25.5% 280 29.0%
e3/e2 4 16.7% 28 16.9% 21 9.1% 82 8.5%
e2/e4 1 4.2% 5 3.0% 18 7.8% 65 6.7%
e4/e4 0 0.0% 4 2.4% 4 1.7% 20 2.1%
e2/e2 0 0.0% 2 1.2% 2 0.9% 3 0.3%
APOE-e4 allele degree 0.41 0.814 1.40 0.496
No e4 allele 15 62.5% 95 57.2% 150 64.9% 601 62.2%
One copy of e4 allele 8 33.3% 66 39.8% 63 27.3% 300 31.1%
Two copies of e4 allele 1 4.2% 5 3.0% 18 7.8% 65 6.7%
n=5 n=34 n=35 n=129
Hippocampal Volume mean (SD) 6.3 (1.1) 6.3 (0.8) −0.02 0.493 6.5 (1.0) 6.6 (0.9) 0.99 0.162
n=5 n=34 n=35 n=126
WMH Volume mean (SD) 8.1 (14.5) 8.31 (35.9) 0.01 0.494 6.4 (9.6) 7.1 (19.6) 0.21 0.415
n=0 n=13 n=13 n=291
Abnormal Amyloid levels 0 0.0% 13 100% - - 15 27.3% 115 48.7% 8.31 0.004
n=24 n=164 n=210 n=868
MOCA Total Score 24.2 (4.1) 23.0 (4.9) −1.14 0.129 24.0 (4.6) 24.0 (5.3) 0.02 0.492

Data represented as n, % unless otherwise specified. *Indicates statistically different groups based on post hoc analyses. Individual variable sample sizes listed for those with more than 10% of sample missing data. WMH = White Matter Hyperintensities. Statistically significant associations bolded.