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Table 1 Patient groups by PET/CSF amyloid status

From: PET and CSF amyloid-β status are differently predicted by patient features: information from discordant cases

 

PET−CSF−

PET+CSF−

PET−CSF+

PET+CSF+

Demographics

N (%)

315 (41)

32 (4)

65 (8)

356 (46)

 Sex, male (%)

211 (67)D

17 (53)

41 (63)

192 (54)A

 Age, years (mean (SD))

62.8 (7.7)

65.0 (7.7)

62.4 (9.0)

63.7 (7.3)

 Education (median [IQR])

5 [4, 6]

5 [4, 6]

5 [4, 6]

5 [4, 6]

Syndrome diagnosis (%)

 SCD

136 (43)

10 (31)

20 (31)

28 (8)

 MCI

55 (18)

8 (25)

9 (14)

55 (15)

 AD dementia

28 (9)

11 (34)

17 (26)

253 (71)

 Non-AD dementia

96 (31)

3 (9)

19 (29)

20 (6)

Biomarkers

 CSF-PET difference, days (mean (SD))

61 (75)

54 (70)

74 (84)

58 (67)

 CSF Aβ42, pg/mL (median [IQR])

1134 [989, 1275]BCD

875 [832, 959]ACD

674 [625, 741]ABD

615 [537, 688]ABC

 CSF tau, pg/mL (median [IQR])

277 [207, 375]BD

468 [324, 716]AC

287 [174, 501]BD

609 [403, 845]AC

 CSF p-tau, pg/mL (median [IQR])

44 [35, 54]BD

67 [50, 90]AC

41 [28, 61]BD

82 [58, 103]AC

 APOE E4 positivity (%)

84 (28)BCD

18 (60)A

32 (52)A

238 (70)A

Cognition

 MMSE (mean (SD))

26 (3)BD

24 (5)A

25 (4)

23 (4)A

 Memory z-score (mean (SD))

− 1.39 (2.27)BD

− 3.14 (2.73)A

− 2.20 (2.96)

− 3.34 (2.76)A

 Language z-score (mean (SD))

− 0.65 (1.29)

− 0.95 (1.48)

− 1.44 (2.27)C

− 1.03 (1.83)D

 Attention z-score (mean (SD))

− 0.69 (1.09)D

− 0.82 (1.08)

− 0.98 (1.02)

− 1.10 (1.21)A

 Executive z-score (mean (SD))

− 1.01 (1.38)D

− 1.39 (1.55)

− 1.27 (1.32)

− 1.53 (1.40)A

 Visuospatial z-score (mean (SD))

−0.34 (1.18)D

− 1.04 (1.90)

− 0.90 (1.70)

− 1.36 (2.40)A

MRI

 MRI-amyloid difference, days (mean (SD))

16 (50)C

35 (60)

44 (78)AD

14 (45)C

 MTA (median [IQR])

0.5 [0.0, 1.0]D

0.5 [0.0, 1.0]

0.5 [0.0, 1.8]

1.0 [0.5, 1.5]A

 PCA (median [IQR])

1.0 [0.0, 1.1]D

1.0 [1.0, 1.0]

1.0 [0.0, 1.4]D

1.0 [1.0, 2.0]AC

 Fazekas (median [IQR])

1.0 [0.0, 1.0]

1.0 [0.8, 1.0]

1.0 [0.0, 2.0]

1.0 [0.0, 1.0]

 Lacune positivity (%)

14 (6)

0 (0)

7 (11)

17 (7)

 Microbleed positivity (%)

31 (13)

4 (15)

4 (7)

54 (21)

  1. Education is staged by Verhage classification (1–7). Lacune and microbleed positivity is scored, if at least one is present. MTA medial temporal lobe atrophy scale, PCA posterior cortical atrophy scale
  2. A, B, C, and D indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) from other groups:
  3. A—difference from PET−CSF−
  4. B—difference from PET+CSF−
  5. C—difference from PET−CSF+
  6. D—difference from PET+CSF+