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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2010;22(1):307–313. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100129

Table 2. Posterior cingulate measurements in young-adult APOE ε4 carriers and non-carriers.

Non-Carriers
n = 25
Carriers+
n = 15
Number subjects with non-zero pathology score:
 Aβ Immunohistochemistry 0 1
 Thioflavin S 0 1
 AT8 Immunohistochemistry 6 (24%) 3 (20%)
 Campbell-Switzer 0 1
Amyloid ELISA (pg/mg total protein), mean ± stdev: P
 Soluble Aβ1–40 6.0 ± 6.9 4.5 ± 3.7 0.36
 Insoluble Aβ1–40 3.5 ± 6.2 6.8 ± 10.3 0.29
 Soluble Aβ1–42 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0
 Insoluble Aβ1–42 63.3 ± 89.6 71.8 ± 49.1 0.71
CO Activity (nmol cyt c/min/mg), mean ± stdev:
 Overall 361 ± 14 352 ± 15 0.036*
 Superficial Layer I 360 ± 23 340 ± 14 0.011**
 External Granular Layer II 364 ± 16 349 ± 10 0.004**
 External Pyramidal Layer III 371 ± 16 359 ± 12 0.053
 Internal Granular Layer IV 364 ± 14 358 ± 14 NS
 Internal Pyramidal Layer V 359 ± 16 354 ± 18 NS
 Multiform Layer VI 347 ± 18 350 ± 26 NS
+

The APOE ε4 carriers included 2 homozygotes and 13 heterozygotes.

APOE ε4 homozygote with significant pathology excluded (all remain nonsignificant with inclusion, p > 0.05).

*

2-tailed separate-variance t-test, p < 0.05.

**

2-tailed separate-variance t-test, p < 0.05, reported P Bonferroni-corrected for multiple comparisons.