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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2021 Feb 26;103:68–77. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.02.012

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participant Sample.

Asymptomatic (N=69) Symptomatic (N=45) Total (N=114) p value

Age 0.095

 Mean (SD) 69.5 (6.4) 71.7 (7.5) 70.4 (6.9)

 Range 53.0 – 83.0 54.0 – 87.0 53.0 – 87.0

Sex 0.027

 Male 21 (30.4%) 23 (51.1%) 44 (38.6%)

 Female 48 (69.6%) 22 (48.9%) 70 (61.4%)

Education (Years) 0.172

 Mean (SD) 17.1 (2.2) 16.5 (2.5) 16.9 (2.3)

 Range 12.0 – 20.0 12.0 – 20.0 12.0 – 20.0

APOE Genotype 0.013

 % with 1 or more E4 alleles 25 (36.2%) 27 (60.0%) 52 (45.6%)

Global CDR score < 0.001

 0 64 (94.1%) 0 (0.0%) 64 (57.1%)

 0.5 4 (5.9%) 34 (77.3%) 38 (33.9%)

 1 0 (0.0%) 6 (13.6%) 6 (5.4%)

 2 0 (0.0%) 4 (9.1%) 4 (3.6%)

MTL White Matter ROI (FA) < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 0.41 (0.03) 0.38 (0.03) 0.40 (0.03)

 Range 0.32 – 0.49 0.31 – 0.44 0.31 – 0.49

AD Vulnerable White Matter ROI (FA) < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 0.47 (0.02) 0.44 (0.02) 0.46 (0.03)

 Range 0.40 – 0.51 0.40 – 0.50 0.40 – 0.51

Abeta42 (pg/mL) 0.067

 Mean (SD) 10.2 (2.2) 9.4 (2.4) 9.9 (2.3)

 Range 5.4 – 16.2 5.9 – 16.2 5.4 – 16.2

Tau (pg/mL) 0.003

 Mean (SD) 2.0 (0.5) 2.5 (0.9) 2.2 (0.7)

 Range 1.1 – 3.8 1.1 – 4.9 1.1 – 4.9

NFL (pg/mL) < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 13.8 (6.7) 21.4 (9.4) 16.8 (8.7)

 Range 5.3 – 52.1 7.7 – 44.1 5.3 – 52.1

GFAP (pg/mL) < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 148.1 (72.7) 265.9 (125.6) 194.6 (112.5)

 Range 50.0 – 449.4 65.2 – 633.6 50.0 – 633.6

SENAS Memory Composite Score < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 0.9 (0.6) −0.4 (0.8) 0.4 (0.9)

 Range −0.8 – 2.4 −2.7 – 1.5 −2.7 – 2.4

Spatial Composite Score < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 1.1 (0.7) −0.3 (1.3) 0.5 (1.2)

 Range −0.7 – 2.4 −2.9 – 2.3 −2.9 – 2.4

Executive Composite Score < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 0.6 (0.5) −0.3 (0.6) 0.2 (0.7)

 Range −0.6 – 1.7 −1.8 – 0.7 −1.8 – 1.7

Language/Semantic Composite Score < 0.001

 Mean (SD) 1.9 (0.7) 0.8 (0.9) 1.4 (0.9)

 Range 0.4 – 3.2 −1.9 – 3.4 −1.9 – 3.4
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MTL= medial temporal lobe; WM=white matter; FA= fractional anisotropy