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. 2018 Mar 19;75(6):738–745. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.0118

Table 1. Demographic and CSF Biomarker Data of Patients of the Sporadic Autopsy Cohort by Neuropathological Group.

Clinical and Biofluid Feature Mean (SD)
Pure Cases Mixed Cases;
FTLD-AD (n = 14)
AD (n = 89) FTLD-Tau (n = 27) FTLD-TDP (n = 13)
Age at onset, y 66.5 (9.7) 60.8 (8.9)a 62.4 (8.5) 70.6 (8.5)b
Age at death, y 75.9 (10.1)b,c 68.4 (8.8)a,d 68.4 (9)d 79.2 (11.3)b
Age at CSF measure, y 70.2 (9.5) 64.2 (9.4)a 65.3 (7.6)a 74.5 (10.1)b,c
Time from onset to CSF measure, y 3.72 (2.4) 3.41 (2) 2.92 (1.7) 3.9 (3.1)
Men, No. (%) 50 (56.8) 15 (65.2) 4 (33.3) 8 (57.1)
APOE ε4 positive, No. (%) 56 (63.6) 4 (17.4)d 4 (33.3) 5 (37.5)
CSF Aβ1-42 (n = 123) 137.8 (50.6)b 244.1 (46.1)a,d 216.8 (63.3)a 148.7 (29.7)b,c
CSF t-tau (n = 143) 120.3 (88)b 48 (22.7)d 54.1 (39.1) 65.6 (46.1)
CSF p-tau (n = 139) 41.1 (30.3)b,c 11.9 (3.8)a,c,d 7.9 (5.4)a,b,d 17.7 (8.6)b,c
CSF t-tau/Aβ1-42 (n = 143) 1.01 (0.91)b,c,a 0.20 (0.12)d 0.26 (0.2)d 0.44 (0.29)d
CSF p-tau/Aβ1-42 (n = 122) 0.34 (0.26),a,b,c 0.05 (0.02)a,d 0.04 (0.03)a,d 0.14 (0.06)b,c,d

Abbreviations: Aβ1-42, amyloid β1-42; AD, Alzheimer disease; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; FTLD, frontotemporal lobar degeneration; p-tau, phosphorylated tau; t-tau, total tau.

a

P < .05 compared with AD-FTLD.

b

P < .05 compared with FTLD-Tau.

c

P < .05 compared with FTLD-TDP.

d

P < .05 compared with AD.