Table 2.
Correlations between CSF cyclic nucleotide levels and clinical and pathological markers of AD
| CSF cGMP | CSF cAMP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r s | p | r s | p | |
| CSF Aβ42 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.056 | 0.5183 |
| CSF tau | –0.28 | 0.001 | –0.067 | 0.438 |
| MMSE score | 0.17 | 0.046 | –0.047 | 0.59 |
Correlation coefficients (r s) and p values calculated using Spearman’s rank correlation analysis. Statistically significant results depicted in bold
AD Alzheimer’s disease, cAMP cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate, cGMP cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, MMSE mini-mental state examination