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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jun 6;19(9):4127–4138. doi: 10.1002/alz.13314

Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, cognitive, and biomarkers among male and female PSEN1 mutation carriers and non-carriers

Non-carriers Cognitively Unimpaired Carriers Cognitively Impaired Carriers
Mean±SD p a Mean±SD p b Mean±SD p c
Males
n = 101
Females
n = 155
Male
n = 118
Female
n = 141
Male
n = 48
Female
n = 58
Age, years 33.42±10.29 35.08±9.53 .186 31.98±9.14 31.70±9.26 .813 49.04±4.63 48.85±4.59 .827
Education, years 8.13±4.72 8.46±4.32 .566 7.90±4.43 8.77±4.24 .109 4.85±3.78 5.36±3.66 .485
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 22.74±2.89 23.88±3.76 .059 22.40±3.17 23.15±3.40 .142 22.51±2.79 23.47±2.57 .172
MMSE score 28.78±1.70 28.83±1.97 .846 28.80±1.55 28.67±1.87 .548 19.50±7.02 16.85±7.16 .083
API Cognitive Composite Score 82.59±11.23 81.65±10.08 .501 79.51±12.81 79.05±12.26 .768 36.75±14.74 34.63±14.28 .495
CERAD Word List Delayed Recall 6.30±1.88 6.40±2.00 .708 5.59±2.11 5.98±2.04 .136 0.76±1.37 0.88±1.45 .697
Plasma P-tau217, pg/ml 1.92±1.46 1.85±1.45 .696 4.69±3.95 4.42±5.78 .662 16.14±6.81 17.42±7.20 .352
Plasma NfL, pg/ml 7.33±3.98 6.57±2.91 .082 9.74±6.34 7.97±4.45 .009 24.92±12.11 33.32±24.12 .023

Note. Abbreviations: MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Exam; CERAD, Consortium to Establish a Registry for AD; API, Alzheimer Prevention Initiative.

a

p-value as defined by an independent two sample t-test for male vs female non-carriers.

b

p-value as defined by an independent two sample t-test for male vs female cognitively unimpaired mutation carriers.

c

p-value as defined by an independent two sample t-test for male vs female symptomatic mutation carriers.