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. 2022 Oct 5;9(11):1832–1837. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51676

Table 1.

Population characteristics.

Reference values controls Alzheimer's dementia Dementia with Lewy bodies Fronto‐temporal dementia Multiple Sclerosis
N 833 293 124 373 75
Age, years mean ± SD 54 ± 14 64 ± 8 69 ± 7 63 ± 8 46 ± 9
Age, years range 19–85 37–81 52–85 26–87 25–68
Female, N (%) 408 (49%) 156 (53%) 12 (10%) 161 (43%) 36 (48%)
Blood NfL, pg/mL mean ± SD 10 ± 7 19 ± 12 20 ± 18 39 ± 57 11 ± 12
Blood NfL, pg/mL range 2–113 5–123 5–160 2–608 2–69
CSF NfL, pg/mL mean ± SD 723 ± 500 1337 ± 1108 1270 ± 1106 3137 ± 2393 1579 ± 2213
CSF NfL, pg/mL range 157–4722 189–13,111 183–7499 548–17,925 465–17,558

SD, standard deviation; NfL, Neurofilament light chain; Blood, EDTAplasma or serum; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.