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. 2010 Sep 7;133(11):3290–3300. doi: 10.1093/brain/awq204

Table 2.

Sample characteristics

Variable AD8 < 2 AD8 ≥ 2 P-value
Demographics
    Age (years) 75.3 (7.2) 75.5 (7.5) ns
    Education (years) 15.3 (3.2) 14.8 (3.2) ns
    Gender, % male 40.9 50.8 ns
    Race, % Caucasian 84.7 93.3 0.03
    ApoE, % at least 1 ε4 allele 30.1 48.7 0.003
Dementia ratings
    CDR-SB, range 0–18 0.06 (0.19) 2.8 (2.5) <0.001
    AD8, range 0–8 0.3 (0.5) 5.0 (2.1) <0.001
    MMSE, range 30–0 28.5 (1.5) 25.8 (4.6) <0.001
    SBT, range 0–28 2.5 (3.1) 6.4 (6.3) <0.001
Biomarker studies
    MCBP (units) 0.12 (0.23) 0.45 (0.42) <0.001
    CSF Aβ42 (pg/ml) 590.7 (266.2) 435.6 (209.6) <0.001
    CSF tau (pg/ml) 303.6 (171.2) 500.5 (261.3) <0.001
    CSF p-tau181 (pg/ml) 52.2 (23.9) 76.7 (39.9) <0.001
    CSF tau/Aβ42 ratio 0.72 (0.75) 1.4 (1.1) <0.001
    CSF p-tau181/Aβ42 ratio 0.12 (0.11) 0.22 (0.16) <0.001

ApoE = apolipoprotein E; CDR-SB = CDR sum of boxes; MCBP = mean cortical binding potential; p-tau181 = tau phosphorylated at threonine 181; SBT = Short Blessed Test. Higher MCBP, CSF tau(s) and tau(s)/Aβ42 are abnormal; lower CSF Aβ42 is abnormal. Numbers of participants in each row are not equal: 151 participants had PiB scans, 149 had CSF studies and 31 had both studies completed.