Table 1

Relation of post-mortem measures of neurodegeneration to change in word knowledge*

Word knowledgeReadingVocabulary
EstimateSEp ValueEstimateSEp ValueEstimateSEp Value
Time−0.0110.0120.3630.0970.0460.033−0.1060.0440.017
Alzheimer's disease pathology0.0250.0730.7400.3750.3580.295−0.1390.2690.606
Time×Alzheimer's disease pathology−0.0820.012<0.001−0.3660.050<0.001−0.2620.045<0.001
Time−0.0600.010<0.001−0.1370.039<0.001−0.2700.037<0.001
Neocortical Lewy bodies−0.0380.1390.782−0.4450.6390.487−0.1190.5050.814
Time×neocortical Lewy bodies−0.1250.024<0.001−0.2830.1010.005−0.3990.091<0.001
Subcortical Lewy bodies−0.0650.1340.6250.1740.6180.778−0.4950.4850.308
Time×subcortical Lewy bodies−0.0010.0230.9660.0000.0880.9980.0420.0830.609
Time−0.0570.011<0.001−0.1540.043<0.001−0.2480.041<0.001
Gross infarction0.0210.0880.8080.0930.4100.8200.0620.3200.846
Time×gross infarction−0.0460.0160.003−0.0390.0620.528−0.1670.0570.003
Time−0.0640.011<0.001−0.1370.0430.001−0.2740.041<0.001
Microscopic infarction−0.1310.0910.151−0.4480.4210.288−0.5740.3290.087
Time×microscopic infarction−0.0240.0170.140−0.1000.0640.119−0.0920.0610.130
  • * From separate mixed-effects models adjusted for age at death, sex, education and their interactions with time.