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. 2024 Jan 15;20(3):2089–2101. doi: 10.1002/alz.13686

TABLE 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics and biomarker values.

SCI (n = 49) MCI (n = 159) Dementia (n = 101) P‐Value
Age (years), M (SD) 68.9 (9.3) 68.2 (9.3) 67.4 (9.9) 0.623
Sex (female), n (%) 26 (53%) 82 (52%) 43 (43%) 0.311
Education (years), M (SD) 16.4 (3.6) 14.8 (4.0) 15.2 (3.0) 0.033
Race/ethnicity 0.001
Asian, n (%) 12 (24%) 21 (13%) 8 (8%)
Non‐Hispanic Black, n (%) 2 (4%) 6 (4%) 3 (3%)
Hispanic, n (%) 13 (27%) 25 (16%) 12 (12%)
Non‐Hispanic White, n (%) 22 (45%) 107 (67%) 78 (77%)
APOE e4 allele, n/total n (%) 13/46 (28%) 49/152 (32%) 34/96 (35%) 0.697
AD spectrum syndrome, n (%) 72 (45%) 48 (48%) 0.799
No. of longitudinal visits, M (SD) 2.8 (0.9) 2.6 (0.8) 2.3 (0.5) <0.001
Years since baseline (longitudinal visits only), M (SD) 2.7 (1.6) 1.9 (1.1) 1.4 (0.7) <0.001
CDR‐SB, M (SD) 0.26 (0.53) 2.04 (1.42) 5.89 (2.29) <0.001
Plasma Aβ42/40 (pg ml−1), M (SD) 0.07 (0.01) 0.07 (0.01) 0.06 (0.01) 0.029
Plasma pTau181 (pg ml−1), M (SD) 1.57 (0.69) 2.03 (1.05) 2.47 (1.41) <0.001 *
Plasma NfL (pg ml−1), M (SD) 23.59 (12.97) 29.67 (24.77) 42.36 (39.15) <0.001 *
Plasma GFAP (pg ml−1), M (SD) 126.52 (56.04) 163.93 (106.54) 206.59 (125.68) <0.001 *
TabCAT‐BHA Cognitive Composite, M (SD) −0.71 (1.19) −2.30 (1.74) −3.99 (1.95) <0.001

Note: Group differences were examined using analyses of variance for continuous outcomes and Fisher's exact tests for categorical outcomes.

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer's disease; APOE, apolipoprotein E; CDR‐SB, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes; M, mean; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; NfL, neurofilament light; SCI, subjective cognitive impairment; SD, standard deviation; TabCAT‐BHA, Tablet‐based Cognitive Assessment Tool Brain Health Assessment.

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P‐values are based on natural log‐transformed plasma pTau181, NfL, and GFAP values.