Table 1:

Demographics and characteristics of the sample by diagnosis

ADMCIHCK-W/χ2P
Sample size, n374545
Women, %59.531.162.210.43.005
Age, y74.0 ± 7.975.7 ± 7.276.8 ± 4.91.73.420
Education, y14.1 ± 3.316.3 ± 2.916.2 ± 2.212.40.002
CDR (/3)#0.8 ± 0.3 (1.0)0.5 ± 0.1 (0.5)0 ± 0.1 (0)141.50<.001
MMSE (/30)22.1 ± 4.426.4 ± 2.728.9 ± 1.267.78<.001
ADAS-cog (/70)19.6 ± 8.912.3 ± 6.05.6 ± 3.266.54<.001
1–42, pg/mL149.4 ± 36.1169.7 ± 44.7212.9 ± 57.216.27<.001
τ, pg/mL121.2 ± 47.394.7 ± 62.668.3 ± 29.116.94<.001
p-τ, pg/mL45.9 ± 19.531.2 ± 15.124.6 ± 13.917.35<.001
  • Note:—Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, otherwise as indicated. CSF biomarker data were available from a portion of the ADNI sample at baseline (AD = 21, MCI = 28, HC = 23).

  • CDR indicates Clinical Dementia Rating Scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; ADAS-cog, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale–cognitive subscale; Aβ1–42, amyloid-β-peptides 1–42; τ, total τ protein; p-τ, phospho-τ proteins; K-W/χ2, statistics for the Kruskal-Wallis test.