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Table 2 The selected biomarkers and their corresponding abbreviations

From: Comparison and aggregation of event sequences across ten cohorts to describe the consensus biomarker evolution in Alzheimer’s disease

Modality

Biomarker

Abbreviation

Number of cohorts containing variable

Clinical assessments

Neuropsychiatric Inventory

NPI

2

Logical Memory - Delayed Recall Total Number of Story Units Recalled

LDEL

5

Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (13-items)

ADAS13

2

Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (11-items)

ADAS11

2

Logical Memory - Immediate Recall Total Number of Story Units Recalled

LIMM

6

Trail Making Test-B

TRABS

2

Digit-Symbol Coding Test

DIGITS

2

California Verbal Learning Test Delayed Raw Score

LIDE

1

Category Fluency (animals - fruits/vegetables)

CATFLU

3

Figure Copy

FIGC

3

California Verbal Learning Test Recall Raw Score

LIRE

2

Figure recall

FIGR

2

C/D Stroop Test Raw

STROOP

1

Short Term Memory

STM

1

Language

LANGU

1

Perceptual Orientation

ORIENT

2

Mental Manipulation

MENMA

1

Attention

ATTEN

1

Clock Drawing Test Total Score

CLKS

2

Executive Memory

EXECUTIVE

1

Word List Learning Trial

LICOR

1

Boston Naming Test Score

BNTS

2

Digit Symbol Substitution Test

WAIS

2

CSF markers

Amyloid-β

ABETA

4

Total tau

TAU

4

Phosphorylated tau (p-Tau)

PTAU

4

Imaging markers

Entorhinal volume

ENTOR

8

Hippocampal volume

HIPPO

8

Fusiform volume

FUSIF

8

Ventricles volume

VENT

8

Middle temporal volume

MIDTEPM

8

Accumulated CSF in the brain

CSFVOL

5

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET)

FDG

2