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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2013 Jan 1;36(3):475–486. doi: 10.3233/JAD-122212

Table 2.

Baseline stratification, 3-yr cumulative rates of progression to probable AD dementia, and Weibull parameters for time to progression to probable AD dementia.

Risk Stratum Definition PPG Cohort NACC-UDS Cohort1

CDR sum of boxes Memory Z-score N (%) 3-yr cumulative event rate (%, 95% CI) N (%) 3-yr cumulative event rate (%, 95% CI) Weibull Shape (a) Weibull Scale (b)
All non-demented 358 (100%) 11.3 (8.4 to 15.2) 5871 (100%) 9.6 (8.7 to 10.5) 1.62 (1.51 to 1.73) 12.9 (11.6 to 14.3)
 Low-risk ≤ 1 > −0.43 160 (45%) 1.3 (0.3 to 5.1) 2861 (49%) 1.4 (1.0 to 2.0) 1.86 (1.74 to 1.98) 27.2 (22.5 to 32.9)
 Mid-risk ≤ 1
or > 1
≤ −0.43
> −2.00
182 (51%) 15.0 (10.4 to 21.4) 2705 (46%) 13.4 (11.9 to 15.1) 8.58 (7.90 to 9.32)
 High-risk > 1 ≤ −2.00 16 (4%) 72.2 (49.0 to 91.2) 305 (5%) 61.7 (54.8 to 68.6) 3.09 (2.84 to 3.37)
CDR 0.5 only 241 (100%) 16.8 (12.5 to 22.3) 2139 (100%) 24.2 (22.0 to 26.5) 1.68 (1.56 to 1.81) 6.65 (6.16 to 7.19)
 Low-risk ≤ 1 > −0.38 77 (32%) 2.7 (0.7 to 10.4) 473 (22%) 5.3 (3.3 to 8.4) 1.83 (1.70 to 1.96) 15.9 (12.4 to 20.3)
 Mid-risk ≤ 1
or > 1
≤ −0.38
> −2.00
148 (61%) 18.4 (12.8 to 26.0) 1361 (64%) 22.9 (20.2 to 25.9) 6.32 (5.83 to 6.85)
 High-risk > 1 ≤ −2.00 16 (7%) 72.2 (49.0 to 91.2) 305 (14%) 61.7 (54.8 to 68.6) 3.10 (2.84 to 3.39)
1

Only participants with non-missing memory Z-scores are included. This excludes 248 CDR 0 and 124 CDR 0.5 NACC-UDS participants.