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Table 4 Results from sensitivity analyses for the association of the baseline BMI with neuroimaging biomarker changes for 2 years

From: Body mass index and two-year change of in vivo Alzheimer’s disease pathologies in cognitively normal older adults

 

Estimate

95% CI

t value

p value

Dependent variable: Aβ retention

 Baseline BMI x time

0.0003

-0.003 to 0.002

-0.232

.817

Dependent variable: Tau deposition

 Baseline BMI x time

-0.016

-0.028 to -0.004

-2.551

.012

  1. Abbreviations: β-amyloid protein, APOE apolipoprotein e, BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval
  2. Adjusted for smoking status, alcohol intake status, and lifetime physical activity as well as age, sex, apolipoprotein e4, vascular risk score, baseline Aβ or tau and their interactions with time