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Table 1 Demographics, cognitive test scores and CSF biomarker levels for the five genotypes (means with SD)

From: Performance on a pattern separation task by Alzheimer’s patients shows possible links between disrupted dentate gyrus activity and apolipoprotein E 4 status and cerebrospinal fluid amyloid-β42 levels

ApoE

Genotype

n

Age

Years

MMSE

ADAS-Cog

Picture recognition-pattern separation task

Power of attention

Aβ42

P-tau

T-tau

     

Difficult separations

Easy separations

msec

   
     

% Correct

Speed

% Correct

Speed

    

2/3

5

77 (10)

22 (5)

15 (8)

70 (28)

2,981 (3,137)

81 (15)

1,384 (443)

1,555 (296)

715 (113)

63 (17)

457 (147)

3/3

10

75 (9)

23 (4)

15 (10)

77 (26)

2,393 (1,450)

81 (17)

1,774 (1639)

1,621 (596)

536 (316)

76 (27)

555 (214)

4/2

2

75 (10)

26 (1)

9 (1)

79 (0)

1,078 (280)

86 (10)

1,099 (262)

1,430 (326)

439 (256)

66 (35)

535 (274)

4/3

28

76 (6)

25 (4)

13 (7)

82 (21)

1,830 (1,197)

82 (24)

1,483 (972)

1,504 (459)

414 (179)

99 (45)

748 (395)

4/4

5

70 (6)

22 (3)

19 (3)

44 (24)

4,263 (5,567)

84 (11)

2,132 (1,621)

1,579 (457)

295 (60)

97 (12)

769 (146)

  1. ADAS-cog, Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale – cognitive subscale; ApoE, apolipoprotein E; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; MMSE, mini–mental state examination.