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Table 3 DIAN cohort baseline characteristics

From: The relevance of cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein levels to sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease

 

Non-Mutation Carriers

All Mutation Carriers

APP

Mutation Carriers

 

PSEN1

Mutation Carriers

 

PSEN2

Mutation Carriers

p-valuea

 

All

Asym

Sym

All

Asym

Sym

All

Asym

Sym

N

50

92

24

15

9

50

29

21

18

16

2

 

Sex (% f/m)

56/44

55/45

63/37

67/33

56/44

60/40

52/48

71/29

33/66

32/68

50/50

Age at examination (yrs)

40 ± 11

40 ± 10

42 ± 11

39 ± 12

49 ± 6

39 ± 10

34 ± 9

46 ± 8

40 ± 10

38 ± 9

57

***c

EYO

−9 ± 11

−7 ± 12

5 ± 11

−11 ± 11

4±3

−6 ± 12

−14 ± 10

5 ± 4

−13 ± 11

−15 ± 9

7

MMSE§

29 ± 1

27 ± 5

27 ± 5

29 ± 1

23 ± 7

26 ± 6

29 ± 1

21 ± 7

29 ± 3

30 ± 1

20

*c

CDR

0 ± 0

0.3 ± 0.6

0.3 ± 0.5

0 ± 0

1 ± 0.5

0.4 ± 0.7

0 ± 0

1 ± 0.8

0.1 ± 0.5

0 ± 0

1

-d

APOEε4 carrier (%)

36

27

25

20

33

18

14

24

56

50

100

**e

CSF Aβ1–42 (pg/mL)

858 ±264

613 ± 320

(n = 89)

613 ± 353

(n = 23)

734 ± 393

(n = 14)

425 ± 164

621 ± 335

(n = 49)

770 ± 318

(n = 28)

422 ± 243

592 ± 233

(n = 17)

596 ± 249

(n = 15)

565

-c

CSF Aβ1–40 (pg/mL)

8173 ± 2751

7477 ± 3146

(n = 89)

6639 ± 3278

(n = 23)

6302 ± 3494

(n = 14)

7162 ± 3033

7563 ± 2785

(n = 49)

8313 ± 2918

(n = 28)

6563 ± 2300

8363 ± 3810

(n = 17)

8811 ± 3776

(n = 15)

5005

-c

CSF Aβ42/40

0.115 ± 0.045

0.092 ± 0.052

(n = 89)

0.106 ± 0.065

(n = 23)

0.128 ± 0.066

(n = 14)

0.072 ± 0.049

0.088 ± 0.048

(n = 49)

0.102 ± 0.047

(n = 28)

0.070 ± 0.045

0.082 ± 0.037

(n = 17)

0.076 ± 0.031

(n = 15)

0.129

-c

CSF t-tau (pg/mL)

56 ± 26

(n = 49)

106 ± 73

(n = 87)

90 ± 64

(n = 23)

60 ± 30

(n = 14)

137 ± 76

124 ± 82

(n = 47)

94 ± 56

(n = 26)

162 ± 94

75 ± 39

(n = 17)

72 ± 40

(n = 15)

98

*c

CSF p-tau (pg/mL)

29 ± 14

(n = 49)

54 ± 34

(n = 89)

46 ± 25

(n = 23)

32 ± 11

(n = 14)

69 ± 24

60 ± 37

(n = 49)

45 ± 28

(n = 28)

81 ± 38

45 ± 31

(n = 17)

48 ± 32

(n = 15)

29

-c

  1. Asym = asymptomatic Sym = symptomatic EYO = estimated yeats from symptom onset MMSE = Mini-Mental State Exam scorre
  2. CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating score a = p-value versus all mutation carriers c = Kruskal-Wallis test d = Mann-Whitney U test e = χ2 test § = non-normally distributed data presented at mean ± standard deviation in order to maintain patient anonymity
  3. - = non-significant * = p ≤ 0.05 ** = p ≤ 0.01 *** = p ≤ 0.001