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. 2023 Mar 6;15:45. doi: 10.1186/s13195-023-01183-z

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics and outcomes of initially cognitively unimpaired individuals

ROS/MAP/MARS, N = 1682 NACC, N = 8218 ADNI, N = 490
Sex, n (%)
 Female 1272 (75.6%) 5326 (64.8%) 253 (51.6%)
APOE4 status, n (%)
 Homozygote 29 (1.7%) 147 (1.8%) 11 (2.2%)
 Heterozygote 285 (16.9%) 1747 (21.3%) 131 (26.7%)
 Non-carrier 1033 (61.4%) 4634 (56.4%) 348 (71.0%)
 Unknown/not genotyped 335 (19.9%) 1690 (20.6%) Not included
Progressed during the observation period, n (%)
 To MCI 462 (27.5%) 1307 (15.9%) 80 (16.3%)
 To dementia due to AD 290 (17.2%) 569 (6.9%) 25 (5.1%)
 To MCI or dementia due to AD 497 (29.6%) 1579 (19.2%) 80 (16.3%)
Progressed within 8 years, n (%)
 To MCI 360 (21.4%) 1305 (15.9%) 71 (14.5%)
 To dementia due to AD 170 (10.1%) 568 (6.8%) 14 (2.9%)
 To MCI or dementia due to AD 389 (23.1%) 1577 (19.2%) 73 (14.9%)
Age at study entry in years
 Mean (SD) 76.2 (7.4) 73.9 (8.2) 74.3 (5.8)
Age category, n (%)
 Below 60 Not included Not included 4 (0.8%)
 60 to < 65 56 (3.3%) 1116 (13.6%) 10 (2.0%)
 65 to < 70 359 (21.3%) 1593 (19.4%) 91 (18.6%)
 70 to < 75 358 (21.3%) 1776 (21.6%) 168 (34.3%)
 75 years of age or older 909 (54.0%) 3733 (45.4%) 217 (44.3%)
Years of education
 Median (interquartile range) 16 (13–18) 16 (13–18) 16 (14–18)
Follow-up in years
 Median (interquartile range) 6 (3–10) 4 (2–6) 3.5 (2–5)

AD Alzheimer’s Disease, ADNI Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, APOE4 apolipoprotein E ε4, MCI mild cognitive impairment, N total number of cognitively unimpaired individuals who had at least one post-baseline visit and did not have a diagnosis of MCI or dementia due to AD at study entry in the corresponding cohort, NACC National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center, ROS/MAP/MARS Religious Orders Study/Memory and Aging Project/Minority Aging Research Study, SD standard deviation