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Table 1 Participant characteristics by amyloid and tau positivity/negativity classification

From: Impact of amyloid and tau positivity on longitudinal brain atrophy in cognitively normal individuals

 

A + T + 

(n = 48)

A + T − 

(n = 86)

A − T + 

(n = 63)

A − T − 

(n = 170)

Baseline Characteristics

 Age, mean (SD), y

76.3 (5.1)

73.4 (5.9)

75.8 (6.6)

72.6 (5.5)

 No. of male (%)

21 (44)

40 (47)

28 (44)

85 (50)

 Education, mean (SD), y

16.2 (2.5)

16.4 (2.7)

16.5 (2.7)

16.3 (2.6)

Ethnicity (%)

 Not Hispanic/Latino

47 (98)

84 (98)

61 (97)

160 (94)

 Hispanic/Latino

1 (2)

2 (2)

1 (2)

8 (5)

 Unknown

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

2 (1)

Race (%)

 American Indian/Alaskan native

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Asian

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (2)

2 (1)

 Black

2 (4)

8 (9)

1 (2)

13 (8)

 White

46 (96)

72 (84)

61 (97)

154 (91)

 More than one race

0 (0)

4 (5)

0 (0)

1 (1)

Subjective memory concern (%)

13 (27)

17 (20)

17 (27)

48 (28)

APOEε4 allele = 1 (%)

25 (52)

29 (34)

13 (21)

27 (16)

APOEε4 allele = 2 (%)

2 (4)

6 (7)

0 (0)

1 (1)

PACC, mean (SD)

 − 0.97 (2.41)

 − 0.30 (2.80)

 − 0.10 (2.72)

0.07 (2.33)

MMSE, mean (SD)

29.1 (1.2)

29.1 (1.1)

28.9 (1.3)

29.1 (1.1)

CDR-SB (%)

 0

43 (90)

76 (88)

58 (92)

161 (95)

 0.5

4 (8)

10 (12)

5 (8)

9 (5)

 1

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

CSF Aβ42, mean (SD), pg/mL

706.8 (177.8)a

689.9 (203.2)

1548.5 (226.8)b

1479.3 (230.3)b

CSF tau, mean (SD), pg/mL

346.5 (73.9)

173.1 (49.2)c

349.2 (69.1)

197.6 (39.9)

CSF p-tau181, mean (SD), pg/mL

35.5 (8.7)

16.0 (4.7)d

31.3 (6.8)

17.3 (3.5)

Whole brain volume, mean (SD), cm3

1061.949 (94.060)

1059.643 (102.777)

1045.114 (96.797)

1073.724 (109.641)

Ventricular volume, mean (SD), cm3

39.782 (19.863)

47.447 (24.799)

31.686 (14.950)

34.223 (14.294)

Hippocampal volume, mean (SD), cm3

7.360 (0.846)

7.395 (0.943)

7.291 (0.976)

7.607 (0.920)

Cortical thickness, mean (SD), mm

2.84 (0.25)

2.92 (0.28)

2.95 (0.26)

2.95 (0.21)

Follow-up characteristics

 Follow-up, mean (SD), y

4.4 (3.1)

4.5 (3.0)

5.6 (3.7)

5.5 (3.5)

 Follow-up CSF measurements available (%)

32 (67)

44 (51)

29 (46)

107 (63)

Progression to amyloid-positive (%)

NA

NA

6 (10)

14 (8)

Progression to tau-positive (%)

NA

7 (8)

NA

10 (6)

Progression to dementia (%)

6 (12)

5 (6)

4 (6)

3 (2)

  1. Abbreviations: CDR-SB Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, NA Not applicable, PACC Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite, SD Standard deviation
  2. aConcentration of CSF Aβ42 < 200 pg/mL was set as 200 pg/mL for the statistics due to the lower technical limit of the measurement
  3. bConcentration of CSF Aβ42 > 1700 pg/mL was set as 1700 pg/mL for the statistics due to the upper technical limit of the measurement
  4. cConcentration of CSF tau < 80 pg/mL was set as 80 pg/mL for the statistics due to the lower technical limit of the measurement
  5. dConcentration of CSF p-tau181 < 8 pg/mL was set as 8 pg/mL for the statistics due to the lower technical limit of the measurement