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Table 2 Baseline demographics, apolipoprotein E status, cerebrospinal fluid markers and clinical score evolution in the longitudinal cohort (patients with significant memory complaint/mild cognitive impairment) by last known status

From: Comparison of CSF markers and semi-quantitative amyloid PET in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and in cognitive impairment prognosis using the ADNI-2 database

Last known status

Normal (n = 105 [27%])

MCI (n = 209 [53%])

AD (n = 82 [21%])

Follow-up duration, months

25 ± 12

34 ± 16a

36 ± 13

Male sex

40 (38%)

121 (58%)a

43 (52%)

Age, years

71 ± 6

72 ± 7

73 ± 7

ApoE4 carriers

41 (39%)

87 (42%)

58 (71%)b

Baseline cognition

 GDS

1.1 ± 1.1

1.8 ± 1.4a

1.8 ± 14

 MMSE

29 ± 1

28 ± 2a

27 ± 2b

 CDR 0

86 (82%)

9 (4%)a

1 (1%)b

 CDR 0.5

19 (18%)

199 (95%)a

81 (99%)b

 CDR ≥1

0

1 (0.5%)

0

 ADAS-cog

9 ± 4

14 ± 6a

22 ± 7b

Baseline CSF

 Aβ1–42 (ng/L)

204 ± 48

179 ± 53a

141 ± 35b

 Tau (ng/L)

62 ± 30

77 ± 44a

121 ± 60b

 p-Tau181 (ng/L)

35 ± 20

38 ± 23

59 ± 25b

 p-Tau181/Aβ1–42

0.19 ± 0.15

0.25 ± 0.20c

0.44 ± 0.21b

Follow-up

 MMSE annual change

−0.1 ± 0.2

−0.4 ± 1.1

−2 ± 2.3b

 CDR annual change

0.01 ± 0.14

0.00 ± 0.10

0.23 ± 0.21b

 ADAS-cog annual change

−0.1 ± 2.3

0.5 ± 3.3

3.7 ± 3.8b

 Time to conversion, months

22 ± 13

  1. Abbreviations: Aβ Amyloid-β1–42, AD Alzheimer’s disease, ADAS-cog Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale, ApoE Apolipoprotein E, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, MCI Mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, p-tau Phosphorylated tau, SMC Significant memory complaint
  2. a p < 0.001 vs normal patients
  3. b p < 0.001 vs patients with MCI
  4. c p < 0.01 vs normal patients