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Table 2 Associations of APOE2 and APOE4 with neuritic plaque score, AD-tau, and AGD-tau

From: Impact of APOE on amyloid and tau accumulation in argyrophilic grain disease and Alzheimer’s disease

Variable

APOE2 present

APOE2 absent

Unadjusted analysis

Adjusting for age and sex

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of subjects

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of subjects

Estimate (95% CI)

P-value

Estimate (95% CI)

P-value

Neuritic plaque score

45

 

308

 

0.44 (0.25, 0.78)

0.005

0.49 (0.28, 0.87)

0.015

 0

 

20 (44.4%)

 

60 (19.5%)

 1

 

4 (8.9%)

 

62 (20.1%)

 2

 

10 (22.2%)

 

76 (24.7%)

 3

 

11 (24.4%)

 

110 (35.7%)

AD-tau

45

16 (35.6%)

302

181 (59.9%)

0.37 (0.19, 0.70)

0.003

0.40 (0.20, 0.78)

0.007

AGD-tau

45

11 (24.4%)

308

40 (13.0%)

2.17 (0.98, 4.51)

0.045

1.89 (0.84, 4.00)

0.11

Variable

APOE4 present

APOE4 absent

Unadjusted analysis

Adjusting for age and sex

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of subjects

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of subjects

Estimate (95% CI)

P-value

Estimate (95% CI)

P-value

Neuritic plaque score

152

 

201

 

5.31 (3.51, 8.05)

 < 0.001

4.86 (3.17, 7.46)

 < 0.001

 0

 

7 (4.6%)

 

73 (36.3%)

 1

 

26 (17.1%)

 

40 (19.9%)

 2

 

37 (24.3%)

 

49 (24.4%)

 3

 

82 (53.9%)

 

39 (19.4%)

AD-tau

148

120 (81.1%)

199

77 (38.7%)

6.79 (4.16, 11.36)

 < 0.001

6.34 (3.83, 10.76)

 < 0.001

AGD-tau

152

13 (8.6%)

201

38 (18.9%)

0.40 (0.20, 0.76)

0.007

0.49 (0.24, 0.95)

0.041

  1. CI Confidence interval. For neuritic plaque score, odds ratios, 95% CIs, and p-values result from proportional odds logistic regression models; odds ratios are interpreted as the multiplicative increase in the odds of a higher neuritic plaque score corresponding to presence of APOE2 or APOE4. For AD-tau and AGD-tau, odds ratios, 95% CIs, and p-value result from binary logistic regression models; odds ratios are interpreted as the multiplicative increase in the odds of the given outcome (AD-tau or AGD-tau) corresponding to presence of APOE2 or APOE4. P-values < 0.0167 were considered as statistically significant after applying a Bonferroni correction for multiple testing; significant findings are shown in bold