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. 2019 Sep 19;71(Suppl 1):S75–S83. doi: 10.3233/JAD-181265

Table 3.

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) test results and Alzheimer’s disease fluid biomarkers (N = 90)

TUG test result 42, ng/l t-tau, ng/l p-tau, ng/l
r, p r, p r, p
TUG (s) 0.104, 0.340 0.017, 0.876 0.016, 0.885
TUGdt naming animals (s) 0.136, 0.211 0.086, 0.431 0.068, 0.534
TUGdt naming animals, cost (%) 0.084, 0.439 0.107, 0.323 0.076, 0.485
TUGdt naming animals correct words –0.041, 0.708 –0.281, 0.008* –0.267, 0.012*
TUGdt naming animals, correct words per 10 s 0.152, 0.229 –0.267, 0.012* –0.249, 0.020*
TUGdt months backward† (s) 0.018, 0.872 0.130, 0.233 0.106, 0.334
TUGdt months backward†, cost (%) –0.146, 0.182 0.141, 0.195 0.097, 0.374
TUGdt months backward†, correct words 0.006, 0.959 –0.123, 0.260 –0.157, 0.148
TUGdt months backward†, correct words per 10 s 0.023, 0.831 –0.164, 0.132 –0.187, 0.085

Adjusted for age, gender, and educational level. TUG, Timed Up-and-Go; TUGdt, Timed Up-and-Go dual-task; Aβ42, amyloid-β 42; ng/l, nanogram per litre, t-tau, total tau; p-tau, phosphorylated tau; r, Spearman’s rho. *Significant, p < 0.05. n = 89, one participant was unable to complete the TUGdt MB.