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Table 3 WMHV is associated with longitudinal clinical dementia outcomes in females but not males. A linear mixed effects model was utilized to test for interaction effects between WMHV*visit time, Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR*visit time on CDR-SB

From: Sex-specific risk factors and clinical dementia outcomes for white matter hyperintensities in a large South Korean cohort

CDR sum of boxes

 

β (Std. error)

β 95% Confidence interval

Uncorrected p-value

Females

Intercept

4.69 (4.38)

(-3.93, 13.30)

0.29

Age (years)

-0.044 (0.044)

(-0.13, 0.04)

0.32

Visit Time

-0.73 (0.57)

(-1.85, 0.38)

0.20

Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR

0.34 (2.17)

(-3.94, 4.61)

0.88

WMHV

-0.18 (0.88)

(-0.75, 0.41)

0.56

Scanner Site (Site 2)

0.15 (0.87)

(-1.55, 1.86)

0.86

Scanner Site (Site 3)

-0.18 (0.88)

(-1.91, 1.55)

0.84

Scanner Site (Site 4)

0.90 (1.92)

(-2.88, 4.69)

0.64

Scanner Site (Site 5)

1.74 (2.01)

(-2.23, 5.70)

0.39

Scanner Site (Site 6)

-1.32 (0.73)

(-2.76, 0.12)

0.073

Visit Time * Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR

3.11 (0.60)

(1.92, 4.30)

5.50e-07***

Visit Time * WMHV

0.18 (0.072)

(0.04, 0.32)

0.014*

Males

Intercept

0.90 (4.60)

(-8.18, 9.98)

0.85

Age (years)

0.0084 (0.053)

(-0.10, 0.11)

0.88

Visit Time

-1.48 (-0.71)

(-2.89, -0.07)

0.039*

Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR

2.68 (2.83)

(-2.90, 8.27)

0.34

WMHV

0.20 (0.42)

(-0.63, 1.02)

0.64

Scanner Site (Site 2)

-0.83 (1.10)

(-3.01, 1.35)

0.46

Scanner Site (Site 3)

-1.00 (1.51)

(-3.99, 1.98)

0.50

Scanner Site (Site 4)

0.39 (1.50)

(-2.58, 3.35)

0.80

Scanner Site (Site 5)

-0.30 (2.13)

(-4.51, 3.91)

0.89

Scanner Site (Site 6)

-0.31 (1.35)

(-2.99, 2.36)

0.82

Visit Time * Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR

2.99 (0.72)

(1.56, 4.41)

7.04e-05***

Visit Time * WMHV

0.019 (0.097)

(-0.17, 0.21)

0.84

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001