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. 2019 Dec 26;11:109. doi: 10.1186/s13195-019-0565-1

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations by diagnostic group (cognitively normal or symptomatic), sex, and Aβ/P-tau status for demographics; memory and global cognitive scores, hippocampal and total intracranial volumes; and number of APOE ε4 carriers

Cognitively normal (CN) Symptomatic patients
Men Women Men Women
Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau− Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau− Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau− Aβ/P-tau+ Aβ/P-tau−
(N = 16) (N = 82) (N = 29) (N = 123) (N = 108) (N = 126) (N = 88) (N = 110)
Age 74.38 (4.40) b 72.40 (4.58) b 74.38 (4.34) b 74.03 (5.31) b 72.43 (5.18) a,b 69.84 (5.61) a,b 71.12 (5.05) a,b 69.08 (5.68) a,b
Education 14.12 (4.29) 12.17 (3.58) 11.97 (4.23) 12.08 (3.30) 11.65 (3.58) 11.63 (3.69) 11.51 (3.31) 12.18 (3.28)
ADAS Delayed Word Recall Omissions (/10) 3.31 (2.39) 2.12 (1.63) 2.07 (2.17) 1.74 (1.91) 6.00 (2.39) 4.90 (2.37) 6.50 (2.40) 3.50 (2.46)
MMSE total score 28.69 (0.87) 29.09 (0.98) 29.17 (0.76) 28.91 (0.99) 27.19 (1.80) 28.11 (1.78) 27.1 (1.78) 28.31 (1.57)
Total intracranial volume 1.7 × 106 (1.5 × 105) 1.7 × 106 (1.3 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (9.7 × 104) 1.5 × 106 (1.1 × 105) 1.7 × 106 (1.2 × 105) 1.7 × 106 (1.4 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (1.2 × 105) 1.5 × 106 (1.2 × 105)
Total hippocampal volume 7.8 × 103 (1.0 × 103) 7.7 × 103 (1.1 × 103) 7.0 × 103 (8.9 × 102) 7.1 × 103 (9.1 × 102) 6.8 × 103 (1.1 × 103) 7.4 × 103 (1.3 × 103) 6.3 × 103 (1.1 × 103) 7.1 × 103 (1.1 × 103)
APOE ε4 carriers 12 a 16 a 16 a 23 a 76 a 34 a 63 a 27 a

Abbreviations: Aβ/P-tau+ amyloid beta/P-tau positive, ADAS Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale, APOE apolipoprotein E, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination

aDiffers by Aβ/P-tau+ within diagnostic group, p < 0.001

bDiffers by sex within diagnostic group, p < 0.05

Significant differences in these variables by Aβ/P-tau status and sex within each diagnostic group are indicated by superscript