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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the cohort

From: CSF synaptic protein concentrations are raised in those with atypical Alzheimer’s disease but not frontotemporal dementia

Participant stratification

Number

Age at CSF (mean (SD))

Gender (M:F)

CSF total-tau (pg/ml, mean (SD))

CSF Aβ42 (pg/ml, mean (SD))

Total-tau to Aβ42 ratio

Disease duration (mean (SD))

MMSE (mean (SD))

Control

19

64.2 (6.9)

10:9

327.9 (93.2)

1012.7 (237.3)

0.3 (0.1)

N/A

N/A

AD biomarker group

18

66.4 (5.9)

11:7

984.4 (543.6)

471.1 (179.0)

2.5 (2.0)

3.5 (2.0)

21.1 (5.2)

FTD biomarker group

48

64.0 (6.8)

34:14

376.1 (173.3)

851.2 (246.1)

0.5 (0.2)

5.7 (4.1)

23.9 (7.0)

Probable TDP-43 pathology

18

62.6 (5.6)

13:5

456.0 (226.0)

863.4 (222.5)

0.5 (0.3)

6.6 (4.9)

23.3 (6.7)

Probable tau pathology

7

64.7 (8.9)

5:2

444.4 (146.4)

894.3 (214.1)

0.5 (0.2)

5.5 (3.1)

21.1 (10.4)

  1. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination