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Table 1 Subject demographics for post mortem brain samples

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

 

Healthy controls (n = 30)

Alzheimer’s disease (n = 30)

p value

Age (years)

76.8 (7.6)

78.3 (9.2)

0.56

Females (%)

33.3

26.7

0.59

% APOE ε4 carriers

13.3

75.8

<0.001

Post mortem interval (hours)

38.4 (14.3)

33.9 (21.9)

0.38

  1. Mean (standard deviation); p-value calculated using a two-tailed Student’s t-test