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Table 5 Ordinal logistic regression analyses investigating relationships of Braak NFT stage, BNE NT stage and TSA with age according to dementia status

From: Epidemiological pathology of Tau in the ageing brain: application of staging for neuropil threads (BrainNet Europe protocol) to the MRC cognitive function and ageing brain study

Dependent

No dementia

Dementia

variables

OR

95 % CI(OR)

p

OR

95 % CI(OR)

p

Braak NFT St.

1.08a

(1.01; 1.15)

0.017

0.99

(0.94; 1.04)

0.674

BNE NT St.

1.09a

(1.02; 1.16)

0.014

0.98

(0.93; 1.03)

0.473

TSA

1.02

(0.96; 1.09)

0.504

1.06

(1.00; 1.12)

0.072

  1. aExplanatory note: OR here means that that for each extra year of life: the chances of moving from braak 0/II to III/IV (or braak III/IV to V/VI) increases in 1.08 times and the chances of moving from NTS I/II to III/IV (or NTS III/IV to V/VI) increases in 1.09 times
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