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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2016 Mar 24;12(7):776–785. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.01.011

Table 5.

Predicted AD progression over time (month 0–60) by group (control and hypothetical treatment cohorts) and by mortality scenario

Proportion participants, at the end of month
Life years (in state)
Time point Group Mild Moderate Severe Death Group Mild Moderate Severe Death
Start Distribution 69.50 30.50 0.00 0.00
Month 12 C1 38.57 44.13 7.30 10.00 C1 54.04 37.31 3.65 5.00
T1 48.49 37.08 4.43 10.00 T1 58.99 33.79 2.21 5.00
C2 40.50 37.83 4.22 17.45 C2 55.00 34.16 2.11 8.73
T2 50.91 31.95 2.56 14.58 T2 60.21 31.22 1.28 7.29
Month 24 C1 22.46 42.56 15.98 19.00 C1 30.52 43.35 11.64 14.50
T1 27.64 41.24 12.12 19.00 T1 38.06 39.16 8.28 14.50
C2 24.06 33.31 7.25 35.38 C2 32.28 35.57 5.73 26.41
T2 29.85 33.10 5.71 31.34 T2 40.38 32.52 4.14 22.96
Month 36 C1 13.48 36.49 22.94 27.10 C1 17.97 39.52 19.46 23.05
T1 16.3 37.16 19.43 27.10 T1 21.97 39.20 15.78 23.05
C2 14.42 25.98 8.19 51.41 C2 19.24 29.65 7.72 43.39
T2 17.7 27.54 7.40 47.31 T2 23.80 30.32 6.56 39.32
Month 48 C1 8.33 29.75 27.53 34.39 C1 10.90 33.12 25.24 30.75
T1 9.9 30.98 24.71 34.39 T1 13.12 34.07 22.07 30.75
C2 8.74 19.00 7.69 64.58 C2 11.58 22.49 7.94 57.99
T2 10.7 20.86 7.50 60.97 T2 14.21 24.20 7.45 54.14
Month 60 C1 5.26 21.98 31.81 40.95 C1 6.80 25.86 29.67 37.67
T1 6.17 23.16 29.72 40.95 T1 8.05 27.07 27.21 37.67
C2 5.33 12.79 6.90 74.98 C2 7.03 15.90 7.29 69.78
T2 6.47 14.36 7.10 72.08 T2 8.57 17.61 7.30 66.52
Total life years
C1 120.22 179.16 89.65 110.97
T1 140.19 173.29 75.55 110.97
C2 125.14 137.77 30.79 206.30
T2 147.16 135.88 26.72 190.23

NOTE. Group specifications are as follows: C1 = Control group 1, no treatment effect, 10% constant mortality rate; T1 = Treatment group 1, 20% (20 per 100) receiving treatment effect, 10% constant mortality rate; C2 = Control group 2, no treatment effect and variable mortality by severity of AD; T2 = Treatment group 2, 20% (20 per 100) receiving treatment effect, and variable mortality by severity of AD.

The variable annual mortality rates by AD severity at 5.5% Mild, 21.5% Moderate and 48% Severe (Spackman et al [27]).

The simulated treatment effect adjusts progression in year 1 to reflect 20 persons expected to move to a worse health state remain in their starting state (i.e. 20% of participants receive a treatment effect).