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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: The gut microbiota-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease

Sample characteristic

All

Control

MCI

AD dementia

N

410

335

35

40

Age (years)

63.8 ± 9.0

61.9 ± 7.9

73.2 ± 8.5

71.9 ± 8.6

Sex (% female)

63 (258/410)

69 (231/335)

31 (11/35)

40 (16/40)

APOE ε4 genotype, % positive (n)

43 (178/410)

39 (130/335)

54 (19/35)

73 (29/40)

AD parental history, % positive (n)

58 (236/410)

64 (214/335)

31 (11/35)

28 (11/40)

Ethnicity, % Caucasian (n)

97 (396/410)

96 (321/335)

100 (35/35)

100 (40/40)

Education (years)

15.9 ± 2.6

16.1 ± 2.5

16.3 ± 2.7

14.7 ± 2.8

Body mass index (BMI)

28.3 ± 5.5

28.5 ± 5.7

28.2 ± 4.4

26.6 ± 3.9

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128 ± 17

125 ± 16

130 ± 18

134 ± 16

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74 ± 9

75 ± 9

76 ± 10

75 ± 9

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

195 ± 37

199 ± 46

184 ± 44

190 ± 37

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

62 ± 18

64 ± 39

57 ± 19

56 ± 14

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

97 ± 20

99 ± 51

99 ± 15

100 ± 18

CSF data

 TMAO (SIU)

1.5 ± 1.7

1.3 ± 1.5

2.1 ± 1.4

2.8 ± 2.9

 p-tau (pg/ml)

49.3 ± 22.0

45.1 ± 16.4

61.3 ± 36.2

74.7 ± 26.9

 p-tau/Aβ42

0.09 ± 0.07

0.07 ± 0.04

0.14 ± 0.11

0.21 + 0.09

 Aβ42/Aβ40

0.086 ± 0.024

0.090 ± 0.022

0.076 ± 0.028

0.062 ± 0.022

 t-tau (pg/ml)

370 ± 228

310 ± 141

552 ± 338

722 ± 300

 NFL (pg/ml)

841 ± 655

705 ± 489

1247 ± 863

1628 ± 935

 Neurogranin (pg/ml)

352 ± 208

328 ± 182

430 ± 308

488 ± 244

  1. All data presented as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated
  2. MCI mild cognitive impairment, AD Alzheimer’s disease, APOE ε4 apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele, HDL high-density lipoprotein, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, TMAO trimethylamine N-oxide, SIU scaled intensity units, p-tau phosphorylated tau, beta-amyloid, t-tau total tau, NFL neurofilament light chain protein