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Table 2 Subject demographics of the baseline AIBL cohort used for serum K and Rb analysis

From: Rubidium and potassium levels are altered in Alzheimer’s disease brain and blood but not in cerebrospinal fluid

 

Healthy controls (n = 778)

Mild cognitive impairment (n = 128)

Alzheimer’s disease (n = 171)

p-value

Age (years)

70.6 (7)

76.2 (7.6)

78.8 (8.6)

<0.001

Females (%)

57.6

56.3

62.0

0.34

% APOE ε4 carriers

27.2

49.2

62.4

<0.001

CDR SOB

0.0 (0.1)

1.2 (0.8)

5.8 (2.9)

<0.001

MMSE

28.9 (1.2)

26.2 (2.7)

18.9 (5.3)

<0.001

  1. CDR SOB is the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes score used to stage dementia. MMSE is the mini-mental state examination questionnaire score. p-value calculated using a one-way ANOVA or chi-squared test for percentages