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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the participants included in the study

From: Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid levels of synaptic vesicle protein, VAMP-2, across the sporadic Alzheimer’s disease continuum

N

Controls

AD preclinical stage 1

AD preclinical stage 2

pAD

dAD

62

30

9

74

39

Age at analysis, years

63 (5.8, 53–74)

61 (6.4, 52–76)

68 (8.3, 57–84)

73 (6, 54–84)

69 (7, 54–85)

% APOE ε4 allele carriers

18

33

56

62

59

% female

69

53

44

61

64

CSF Aβ42:40 ratio

0.11 (0.01, 0.07–0.12)

0.09 (0.02, 0.04–0.12)

0.04 (0.01, 0.02–0.06)

0.04 (0.01, 0.03–0.06)

0.04 (0.01, 0.03–0.06)

CSF p-tau pg/mL

38 (10, 21–58)

30 (12, 14–56)

119 (80, 67–326)

115 (51, 57–340)

136 (59, 47–384)

CSF t-tau pg/mL

264 (65, 138–438)

204 (79, 85–416)

683 (355, 404–1568)

700 (285, 378–1890)

819 (342, 405–2000)

Education, years

25 (5, 6–20)

15 (3, 8–20)

15 (5, 8–20)

11 (5, 1–20)

11 (4, 3–20)

Global deterioration scale

1 (0.2, 1–2)

1.2 (0.5, 1–3)

1 (0, 1–1)

3 (0, 3–3)

4.2 (0.5, 4–6)

MMSE score

29 (0.9, 26–30)

29 (1, 27–30)

28.4 (1.3, 27–30)

26 (2.2, 19–30)

20.5 (4.7, 9–30)

FCSRT

44.5 (2.9, 35–48)

45.2 (3.6, 32–48)

40.6 (5.9, 33–48)

20.7 (10.8, 0–43)

12 (11, 0–43)

Semantic fluency

20.4 (5.8, 7–33)

18.1 (4.7, 12–27)

21.4 (4.9, 12–33)

9.4 (4.0, 3–16)

12.5 (4.7, 1–22)

Phonemic fluency (executive functioning)

15.8 (4.1, 9–23)

14.6 (6.6, 6–29)

16.0 (4.9, 0–26)

7.5 (4.1, 2–15)

10.5 (4.8, 2–25)

ROCF (visuospatial)

31.6 (2.8, 26–36)

29.2 (5.6, 19–36)

16.3 (4.5, 6–26)

17.6 (13.5, 2–34)

27.6 (6.0, 13–34)

  1. Mean values (standard deviation, range) are given for each variable across clinical and biomarker groups
  2. AD preclinical stage 1 or 2, preclinical Alzheimer’s disease stage 1 or 2; pAD, prodromal Alzheimer’s disease; dAD, AD dementia. MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; FCSRT, Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test. Cut-offs for positivity: CSF Aβ42 < 916 pg/mL, Aβ42:40 ratio < 0.062, CSF p-tau > 63 pg/mL, CSF t-tau: > 456 pg/mL