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Table 2 Clinical and genetic features across diagnostic groups

From: Diagnostic value of plasma p-tau181, NfL, and GFAP in a clinical setting cohort of prevalent neurodegenerative dementias

Diagnostic groups

FTD#

PSP

CBS

DLB

AD

SNAP

N

59

31

29

49

97

51

Onset < 65 years, %

40 (67.8)a–e

13 (41.9)

11 (37.9)

14 (28.6)d

47 (48.4)

19 (37.3)

MMSE score, /30

24.8 (3.9)d

25.4 (5.1)d

24.3 (5.5)

23.1 (5.3)

21.9 (6.2)e

25.6 (3.7)

Brief Mental Deterioration Battery

0.1 (1.5)

0.5 (1.1)

0.3 (1.3)

− 0.2 (1.2)

− 0.5 (1.4)

0.1 (1.6)

CDR score ≥ 1, %°

40 (81.6)e,f

17 (54.8)d

19 (67.9)

34 (69.4)

66 (77.6)g

29 (56.8)

CDR score ≥ 2, %°

18 (41.9)

6 (19.4)

5 (17.9)

14 (28.6)

33 (38.8)

12 (23.5)

ADL/IADL impairment, %

51 (86.4)f,h,i

18 (58.1)j

24 (82.7)g

34 (69.4)

74 (76.2)e

28 (54.9)

CSF A+, %

2 (3.4)c,k,l

4 (12.9)b,g,l,m

14 (48.3)i,l

18 (36.7)i,l

97 (100)i

0 (0.0)

CSF T+, %

2 (3.4)k,l,m

3 (9.7)b,l

12 (41.4)e,l,m

7 (14.3)l

94 (96.9)i

2 (3.9)

CSF N+, %

6 (10.2)l

1 (3.2)l,n

7 (24.1)l

7 (14.3)l

73 (75.2)i

6 (11.7)

Positive α-syn RT-QuIC test, %

0 (0.0)c,l

0 (0.0)c,d

1 (3.4)c

47 (95.9)i,l

15 (15.5)i

1 (1.9)

APOE ε4, positive/tested, %

12/51 (23.5)g

6/31 (19.3)

6/27 (22.2)

13/49 (26.5)e

35/94 (37.2)i

5/50 (10.0)

Monogenic disease, positive/tested, %

18/37 (48.6)*

0/8 (0.0)

0/12 (0.0)

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–

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  1. Continuous variables are expressed as mean (SD)
  2. FTD frontotemporal dementia, PSP progressive supranuclear palsy, CBS corticobasal syndrome, DLB dementia with Lewy bodies, AD Alzheimer disease, SNAP suspected non-AD physiopathology
  3. avs. PSP ≤ 0.05
  4. bvs. CBS ≤ 0.01
  5. cvs. DLB ≤ 0.001
  6. dvs. AD ≤ 0.05
  7. evs. SNAP ≤ 0.01
  8. fvs. PSP ≤ 0.001
  9. gvs. SNAP ≤ 0.05
  10. hvs. vs. DLB ≤ 0.05
  11. ivs. SNAP ≤ 0.001
  12. jvs. CBS ≤ 0.05
  13. kvs. CBS ≤ 0.001
  14. lvs. AD ≤ 0.001
  15. mvs. DLB ≤ 0.05
  16. nvs. CBS ≤ 0.05
  17. °CDR score was available only in 49 out of 59 FTD, 28 of 29 CBS, and 85 of 97 AD patients
  18. *C9orf72 (n = 7), GRN (n = 6), FUS (n = 2), TARDBP (n = 1), OPTN (n = 1), LRP10 (n = 1). #Included cases with FTD + ALS and FTD + parkinsonism