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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2011 Aug 8;68(12):1526–1535. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.183

Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects at baseline and 12 months by baseline diagnosis

Baseline group
CN MCI AD
Characteristic Baseline (n = 116) 12 month (n = 93) Baseline (n = 196) 12 month (n = 146) Baseline (n = 89) 12 month (n = 59)
Number of women (%) 57 (49) 45 (48) 65 (33) 46 (32) 37 (42) 25 (42)
Number of APOE ε4 carriers (%) 27 (23) 22 (24) 107 (55) 80 (55) 64 (72) 46 (78)
Age, years
 Median (IQR) 76 (72, 78) 76 (73, 79) 75 (70, 80) 76 (72, 81) 77 (72, 81) 79 (74, 82)
 Range 62 to 90 63 to 91 55 to 89 59 to 90 65 to 89 67 to 89
MMSE
 Median (IQR) 29 (29, 30) 29 (28, 30) 27 (25, 28) 27 (24, 28) 24 (22, 25) 23 (19, 25)
 Range 25 to 30 25 to 30 23 to 30 17 to 30 20 to 27 5 to 27
1-42, pg/mL
 Median (IQR) 221 (157, 248) 222 (160, 244) 146 (129, 201) 143 (124, 168) 140 (119, 153) 135 (125, 148)
 Range 79 to 298 84 to 299 48 to 299 80 to 296 75 to 289 75 to 271
 Number < 192 pg/mL (%) 47 (41) 38 (41) 145 (74) 114 (78) 82 (92) 58 (98)
Total tau, pg/mL
 Median (IQR) 63 (48, 85) 67 (51, 95) 87 (64, 128) 96 (66, 139) 115 (80, 144) 115 (90, 146)
 Range 29 to 200 27 to 175 28 to 463 32 to 363 32 to 349 35 to 273
 Number > 93 pg/mL (%) 24 (21) 25 (27) 88 (45) 75 (51) 59 (66) 42 (71)
HVa
 Median (IQR) 1.65 (1.16, 2.19) 1.53 (1.06, 2.16) 0.58 (0.03, 1.33) 0.17 (−0.41, 1.06) −0.22 (−0.75, 0.50) −0.65 (−1.04, 0.08)
 Range −0.34 to 3.50 −0.20 to 3.94 −1.81 to 3.81 −2.12 to 4.00 −2.00 to 1.94 −2.33 to 1.64
 Number < 0.48 (%) 9 (8) 8 (9) 87 (44) 88 (60) 66 (74) 49 (83)

Abbreviations: APOE, apolipoprotein E; IQR, inter-quartile range; ADAS-Cog, Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale; MMSE, Mini Mental State Exam; HVa, Hippocampal Volume Adjusted for Intra-cranial Volume