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Table 5 Associations between APOE ε4 genotypes and echocardiographic data in older age by comparing non-APOE ε4 (ε2ε2, ε2ε3, ε2ε3) with heterozygous-APOE ε4 (ε2ε4 and ε3ε4) and homozygous-APOE ε4 (ε4ε4) genotypes

From: APOE ε4 carriage associates with improved myocardial performance from adolescence to older age

   

Model 1

(unadjusted)

Model 2

(adjusted for sex and SEP)

Model 3

(Model 2 + BMI)

Model 4

(Model 2 + CVD)

Model 5

(Model 2 + diabetes)

Model 6

(Model 2 + high cholesterol)

Model 7

(Model 2 + HT)

Outcome:

Cohort

Analysis

n

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

Exp β (95% CI)

p-value

MCF

UK Biobank

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

31,909

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.047

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.140

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

0.120

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.019

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

0.116

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.0008

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

0.069

SABRE + NSHD meta-analysis

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

2019

1.04 (1.01, 1.07)

0.016

1.04 (1.01, 1.07)

0.013

1.04 (1.01, 1.07)

0.018

1.03 (1.00, 1.06)

0.043

1.03 (1.00, 1.07)

0.060

1.05 (1.00, 1.10)

0.040

1.03 (1.00, 1.06)

0.028

ALSPAC

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

1328

1.02 (1.00, 1.05)

0.066

1.02 (0.99, 1.04)

0.236

1,03 (1.00, 1.05)

0.039

1.02 (1.00, 1.05)

0.067

1.02 (0100, 1.05)

0.069

1.03 (1.00, 1.06)

0.079

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

0.169

UK Biobank

Homozygous-APOE ε4

25,086

1.01 (1.00, 1.03)

0.083

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

0.166

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

0.252

1.01 (1.00, 1.03)

0.034

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

0.115

1.02 (1.01, 1.03)

0.006

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

0.123

SABRE + NSHD meta-analysis

Homozygous-APOE ε4

1539

1.03 (0.95, 1.11)

0.544

1.03 (0.95, 1.11)

0.517

1.04 (0.96, 1.13)

0.350

1.02 (0.92, 1.10)

0.704

1.01 (0.93, 1.09)

0.874

1.01 (0.92, 1.11)

0.812

1.02 (0.94, 1.10)

0.652

ALSPAC

Homozygous-APOE ε4

998

1.00 (0.96, 1.05)

0.984

1.01 (0.97, 1.06)

0.588

1.00 (0.96, 1.05)

0.892

1.00 (0.96, 1.05)

0.984

1.00 (0.96, 1.05)

0.935

0.99 (0.95, 1.04)

0.701

1.00 (0.95, 1.06)

0.920

Longitudinal PDSR

UK biobank

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

31,909

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)

0.049

1.00 (0.99, 1.02)

0.610

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)

0.059

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)

0.038

1.01 (1.00, 1.03)

0.099

1.02 (1.01, 1.04)

0.004

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)

0.062

UK biobank

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

24,965

1.01 (0.97, 1.06)

0.556

1.00 (0.96, 1.04)

0.843

1.01 (0.96, 1.05)

0.754

1.02 (0.97, 1.06)

0.469

1.01 (0.97, 1.06)

0.679

1.03 (0.98, 1.08)

0.206

1.01 (0.97, 1.06)

0.631

Radial PDSR

UK biobank

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

31,773

0.95 (0.90, 1.00)

0.049

0.98 (0.93, 1.03)

0.467

0.96 (0.90, 1.01)

0.094

0.94 (0.89, 1.00)

0.035

0.96 (0.91, 1.01)

0.097

0.93 (0.88, 0.98)

0.005

0.95 (0.90, 1.00)

0.058

UK biobank

Heterozygous-APOE ε4

24,965

0.97 (0.83, 1.14)

0.726

1.02 (0.88, 1.18)

0.772

0.98 (0.84, 1.15)

0.820

0.96 (0.82, 1.12)

0.605

0.99 (0.85, 1.15)

0.859

0.93 (0.80, 1.08)

0.327

0.98 (0.84, 1.14)

0.789

  1. All reported analyses here consisted of generalized linear models with gamma distribution and log link. Significant p-values are highlighted in bold. Abbreviations as in Table 2