TABLE 1.
SCI (n = 49) | MCI (n = 159) | Dementia (n = 101) | P‐Value | |
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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.
P‐values are based on natural log‐transformed plasma pTau181, NfL, and GFAP values.