Table 3.
AD case | Control | ||||||
Concentration (pmol/g protein) | |||||||
Location | Sample (n) | Median | IQR | Sample (n) | Median | IQR | p-value |
t-tau | |||||||
Olfactory cleft | 10 | 567.7 | 517.5–634.8 | 7 | 636.4 | 426.7–675.9 | 0.887 |
Middle nasal meatus | 9 | 576.0 | 529.1–713.9 | 7 | 468.6 | 260.1–751.4 | 0.370 |
Inferior concha | 10 | 618.6 | 418.7–781.8 | 8 | 640.8 | 355.3–726.4 | 0.762 |
Common nasal meatus | 10 | 704.4 | 437.7–858.2 | 8 | 721.6 | 513.9–855.2 | 1.000 |
Aβ42 | |||||||
Olfactory cleft | 8 | 2.00 | 1.40–3.20 | 8 | 1.60 | 0.90–2.00 | 0.525 |
Middle nasal meatus | 8 | 1.90 | 0.90–4.80 | 8 | 1.80 | 1.40–2.40 | 0.623 |
Inferior concha | 8 | 2.50 | 0.00–4.00 | 7 | 0.40 | 0.00–1.60 | 0.326 |
Common nasal meatus | 10 | 2.40 | 1.70–3.60 | 8 | 1.70 | 0.60–2.80 | 0.459 |
p-values were derived from Wilcoxon test for comparison of medians.