Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Neurol. 2013 Nov 1;70(11):10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.3961. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.3961

Table 3.

Association of pathologic measure with annual rate of change in different cognitive domainsa

TDP-43 Pathology Tangle Density Amyloid Plaques Hippocampal Sclerosis
Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p Estimate SE p
Episodic memory −0.010 0.002 <0.001 −0.006 0.002 0.001 −0.003 0.004 0.459 −0.018 0.040 0.655
Semantic memory −0.003 0.002 0.143 −0.006 0.002 <0.001 −0.005 0.004 0.177 −0.082 0.036 0.024
Working memory −0.004 0.002 0.021 −0.005 0.002 <0.001 0.001 0.004 0.782 −0.007 0.032 0.820
Perceptual speed −0.003 0.002 0.186 −0.007 0.002 <0.001 −0.005 0.004 0.182 −0.057 0.035 0.103
Visuospatial ability −0.001 0.002 0.761 −0.004 0.001 0.009 −0.003 0.003 0.396 −0.037 0.028 0.195
a

From 5 separate mixed-effects models adjusted for age at death. Results show the shift in the mean annual rate of cognitive change with each 1-unit of a given pathologic measure.