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. 2011 Jan 12;6(1):e16032. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016032

Table 1. Demographic, clinical, genotype characteristics of validation cohort.

Characteristic CDR 0 CDR 0.5 CDR 1
Number of Participants 198 65 29
Gender (% Female) 63% 54% 52%
APOE genotype, % ε4 positive 35% 51% 59%
Mean MMSE score (SD) 28.9 (1.3) 26.3 (2.8) 22.3 (3.9)
Mean age at LP (SD), years 71.0 (7.3) 73.8 (6.8) 76.5 (6.2)
Mean CSF Aβ42 (SD), pg/mL 605 (240) 446 (230) 351 (118)
Mean CSF tau (SD), pg/mL 304 (161) 539 (276) 552 (263)
Mean CSF p-tau181 (SD), pg/mL 55 (25) 85 (44) 77 (38)

Abbreviations: CDR, Clinical Dementia Rating; CDR 0, cognitively normal; CDR 0.5, very mild dementia; CDR 1 mild dementia; APOE, apolipoprotein E; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; LP, lumbar puncture; SD, standard deviation; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Aβ42, amyloid beta 42 peptide; p-tau181, tau phosphorylated at threonine 181.