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Table 1 Demographics and biomarker values

From: Plasma neuregulin 1 as a synaptic biomarker in Alzheimer’s disease: a discovery cohort study

n = 127

Neurological controls

n = 20

Non-AD MCI

n = 19

AD-MCI

n = 25

AD dementia

n = 37

Non-AD dementia

n = 26

P-value

Age, years

60.6 (9.6)

61.1 (8.4)

70.3 (5.8)#

67.7 (7.9)#

68.1 (7.0)#

<0.001

Female, n (%)

70% (14)

63% (12)

68% (17)

62% (23)

38% (10)

0.155

LoE, years

11.6 (3.8)

9.7 (2.5)

11.0 (3.9)

9.0 (3.5)#

11.2 (3.4)

0.050

MMSE

27.42 (1.6)

25.0 (2.3)#

25.1 (2.4)#

18.2 (4.3)#

22.8 (5.4)#

<0.001

CSF biomarkers

 CSF Aβ42, pg/mL

1041.6 (264.4)

987.2 (326.0)

516.4 (122.5)#

548.3 (135.9)#

919.3 (428.7)

<0.001

 CSF Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio

0.129 (0.045)

0.092 (0.029)

0.051 (0.027)#

0.045 (0.017)#

0.104 (0.033)

<0.001

 CSF p-tau, pg/mL

33.7 (10.7)

40.7 (17.2)

79.2 (22.9)#

95.7 (32.5)#

45.2 (20.5)#

<0.001

 CSF t-tau, pg/mL

196.0 (66.7)

223.0 (100.6)

501.7 (203.4)#

703.9 (285.2)#

305.2 (152.1)#

<0.001

 CSF NRG1, pg/mL

295.8 (107.1)

324.4 (137.5)

312.8 (157.8)

403.9 (155.1)#

315.0 (134.4)

0.044

 CSF neurogranin, pg/mL

208.1 (69.5)

213.6 (84.7)

364.4 (83.1)#

351.4 (91.9)#

230.2 (107.9)

<0.001

 CSF GAP-43, pg/mL

1677.2 (616.2)

2004.8 (987.9)

3422.9 (1087.9)#

3787.6 (1388.7)#

2348.8 (1267.8)#

<0.001

 CSF SNAP-25, pg/mL

6.7 (2.2)

8.2 (3.5)

13.1 (3.7)#

17.1 (5.3)#

7.8 (3.9)

<0.001

Plasma biomarker

 Plasma NRG1, pg/mL

378.9 (400.7)

488.4 (392.2)

707.6 (562.7)#

940.3 (737.5)#

615.5 (486.3)#

<0.001

  1. Data are shown as mean (SD) or n (%), as appropriate. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare age between groups and Pearson’s chi-square to compare sex. Fluid biomarker levels and MMSE were compared with a one-way ANCOVA adjusted by age and sex followed by the least square difference test adjusted for multiple comparisons
  2. Abbreviations: Aβ42 amyloid-beta 42, Aβ40 amyloid-beta 40, AD Alzheimer’s disease, AD-MCI MCI due to Alzheimer’s disease, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, GAP-43 growth-associated protein 43, LoE level of education, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, NRG1 neuregulin 1, p-tau phosphorylated tau, SNAP-25 synaptosomal-associated protein 25, t-tau total tau
  3. #P < 0.05 compared to neurological controls