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. 2020 Mar 12;139(6):1025–1044. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02138-6

Table 3.

Characteristics of samples included in the analysis of CSF AD-biomarkers

UHB DCN ADC ADNI Total
p.P522R carrier p.P522R non-carrier p.P522R carrier p.P522R non-carrier p.P522R carrier p.P522R non-carrier p.P522R carrier p.P522R non-carrier p.P522R carrier p.P522R non-carrier
Sample size (n (% of total sample)) 1 (1.1%) 86 (98.9%) 8 (2.3%) 334 (97.7%) 2 (0.5%) 379 (99.5%) 7 (1.6%) 444 (98.4%) 18 (1.4%) 1243 (98.6%)
Age (m (SD)) 63.00 (0.00) 66.83 (8.58) 67.88 (10.11) 66.55 (8.17) 64.65 (3.18) 67.03 (7.72) 74.16 (5.36) 72.75 (7.54) 69.69 (8.26) 68.93 (8.34)
Male gender (n (%)) 1 (100%) 53 (61.6%) 6 (75.0%) 191 (57.2%) 2 (100%) 251 (66.2%) 2 (28.6%) 272 (61.3%) 11 (61.7%) 767 (61.7%)
APOE-ε4 carrier (n (%)) 0 (0.0%) 41 (47.7%) 5 (62.5%) 138 (41.3%) 2 (100%) 194 (51.2%) 3 (42.9%) 211 (47.7%) 10 (55.6%) 584 (47.0%)
CSF Aβ1-42 levels (m (SD) in pg/mL)a 354.86 (0.00) 736.09 (337.80) 615.75 (308.64) 759.47 (344.36) 719.00 (172.08) 732.18 (345.58) 711.34 (204.54) 717.03 (326.14) 649.90 (337.89) 734.37 (252.03)
CSF pTau181 levels (m (SD) in pg/mL)b 52.51 (0.00) 67.42 (34.19) 40.58 (9.44) 65.58 (34.70) 72.46 (28.12) 66.02 (34.75) 56.52 (24.09) 71.84 (37.70) 50.98 (20.15) 68.08 (35.86)
CSF total tau levels (m (SD) in pg/mL)c 227.21 (0.00) 464.46 (335.86) 269.88 (80.76) 452.35 (415.61) 548.35 (281.39) 420.87 (225.87) 326.83 (164.79) 436.35 (257.94) 320.60 (157.39) 437.03 (304.20)
Pathological Aβ1-42 CSF levels (n (%))a 1 (100%) 26 (30.2%) 5 (62.5%) 132 (39.5%) 1 (50.0%) 194 (51.2%) 5 (71.4%) 290 (65.3%) 12 (66.7%) 642 (51.6%)
Pathological pTau181 CSF levels (n (%))b 0 (0.0%) 42 (48.8%) 0 (0.0%) 148 (44.3%) 2 (100%) 232 (61.2%) 5 (71.4%) 325 (73.1%) 7 (38.9%) 747 (60.1%)
Pathological total tau CSF levels (n (%))c 0 (0.0%) 27 (31.4%) 3 (37.5%) 198 (59.3%) 2 (100%) 197 (52.0%) 2 (28.6%) 161 (36.3%) 7 (38.9%) 583 (46.9%)

1-42 amyloid-beta 1-42, pTau181 phosphorylated tau, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, n(%) number of individuals and percent within group, m mean, SD standard deviation

aSample size n = 1259

bSample size n = 1255

cSample size n = 1215