From: An EWAS of dementia biomarkers and their associations with age, African ancestry, and PTSD
N or M | % or SD | Factor A | Factor TN | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean/SD) | 51.56 | 11.4 | 0.377*** | 0.528*** |
APOEε4 carrier count | − 0.053 | − 0.030 | ||
(One allele) | 224 | 25.8 | ||
(Two alleles) | 20 | 2.2 | ||
Sex | − 0.001 | − 0.021 | ||
Male | 523 | 61.6 | ||
Female | 326 | 38.4 | ||
Self-identified Race | ||||
White | 574 | 67.6 | ||
Black | 95 | 11.2 | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | 10 | 1.2 | ||
Native American/Alaskan Native | 64 | 7.5 | ||
Self-identified Ethnicity | ||||
Hispanic/Latino | 123 | 14.5 | ||
White, non-Hispanic | 531 | 62.5 | ||
Ancestral Principal Components | ||||
PC1 | 0.107** | 0.055 | ||
PC2 | − 0.073* | − 0.079* | ||
PC3 | − 0.014 | − 0.040 | ||
Veteran | 580 | 68.3 | 0.005 | − 0.017 |
Current Medicationsa | ||||
SSRI/SNRIs | 251 | 29.6 | < 0.000 | 0.010 |
Other antidepressants | 160 | 18.8 | 0.041 | 0.041 |
Typical/atypical antipsychotic | 97 | 11.4 | − 0.101** | − 0.106** |
Sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics | 138 | 17.4 | − 0.018 | − 0.020 |
Current PTSD Diagnosisb | 311 | 36.6 | − 0.025 | − 0.098** |
PTSD Symptom Severity (mean/SD) | 0.31 | 0.2 | − 0.062 | − 0.133*** |
TLEQ (mean/SD) | 1.73 | 1.94 | 0.115** | 0.069 |
Current MDD Diagnosis | 162 | 19.1 | 0.041 | − 0.045 |
Current AUD Diagnosis | 64 | 7.5 | − 0.015 | − 0.050 |
DNAm Smoking Score (mean/SD) | − 2.65 | 34.4 | 0.065 | 0.085* |