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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2022 Dec 25;93(3):629–634. doi: 10.1002/ana.26569

Table 2.

Association of AD Genetic Risk Score (GRS) and APOE ε4 allele with midlife cognition and brain MRI outcomes

Outcome (in SD unless noted otherwise) AD-GRS without APOE (continuous score) APOE ε4 allele (any vs none)

Cognition * β (95% CI) β (95% CI)
MoCA −0.14 (−0.26, −0.02) −0.05 (−0.14, 0.05)
Composite Score −0.03 (−0.10, 0.05) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.07)
Brain Health**
Brain Age, years 2.35 (0.01, 4.69) 0.44 (−1.28, 2.17)
Total Brain Volume 0.04 (−0.08, 0.02) 0.05 (−0.04, 0.14)
Hippocampal Volume −0.24 (−0.54, 0.06) 0.18 (−0.04, 0.39)
White Matter Hyperintensity Volume 0.35 (0.00, 0.71) 0.07 (−0.19, 0.32)

MoCA; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; SD: standard deviation

*

Models adjusted for age, sex, education, 10 principal components

*

Models additionally adjusted for intracranial volume and MRI assessment center