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Table 2 Biomarker data for each cohort, including uncorrected and corrected data (amyloid status as defined by Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio)

From: Identifying clinically useful biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease through a collaborative approach: the NeuroToolKit

 

CU (A−)

CU (A+)

CU (missing)a

MCI (A−)

MCI (A+)

AD-dementia (all)

Characteristics

ALFA+

Wisconsin

p

ALFA+

Wisconsin

p

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Abby/Blaze

p

N

263

376

 

135

160

 

10

23

33

49

164

 

Uncorrected CSF biomarkers, median (IQR)

 YKL40, ng/mL

136.2 (60.6)

131.8 (58.2)

0.173

147.6 (70.6)

138.0 (74.9)

0.548

154.8 (64.1)

152.1 (104.5)

222.0 (96.8)

216.4 (129.2)

191.6 (103.9)

0.112

 sTREM2, ng/mL

7.57 (2.74)

7.51 (3.15)

0.163

7.58 (3.05)

7.96 (3.33)

0.875

9.07 (2.59)

8.11 (2.24)

9.81 (4.39)

9.36 (3.74)

8.93 (4.15)

0.844

 GFAP, ng/mL

7.00 (2.93)

8.34 (4.30)

<0.001

8.02 (3.43)

8.84 (3.98)

0.002

8.72 (3.75)

9.02 (5.54)

14.33 (5.72)

13.62 (6.24)

10.58 (6.27)

0.002

 IL-6, pg/mL

3.57 (1.58)

3.97 (2.01)

<0.001

3.52 (1.71)

3.83 (1.84)

0.469

NA

3.52 (1.38)

3.33 (1.21)

4.17 (1.78)

3.08 (1.52)

<0.001

 NfL, pg/mL

75.6 (31.9)

75.8 (39.5)

0.481

86.2 (36.0)

90.8 (48.8)

0.222

66.6 (34.7)

106.6 (116.2)

151.0 (98.8)

195.2 (137.4)

189.6 (82.6)

0.908

 Neurogranin, pg/mL

683.7 (360.7)

693.4 (353.0)

0.162

805.9 (466.4)

843.7 (574.5)

0.914

805.7 (439.3)

666.8 (285.4)

928.1 (620.2)

1006.0 (362.9)

999.9 (757.9)

0.908

 S100, ng/mL

0.97 (0.29)

1.12 (0.31)

<0.001

1.06 (0.38)

1.12 (0.35)

0.010

0.92 (0.23)

1.09 (0.35)

1.30 (0.47)

1.18 (0.33)

1.10 (0.32)

0.038

 α-Syn, pg/mL

179.4 (99.6)

141.7 (74.7)

<0.001

190.5 (101.7)

162.6 (100.6)

<0.001

169.6 (71.3)

142.7 (115.1)

226.1 (121.0)

229.2 (134.3)

379.5 (245.6)

<0.001

 Aβ40, ng/mL

16.6 (7.0)

14.0 (6.0)

<0.001

16.9 (6.0)

13.6 (6.6)

<0.001

NA

14.1 (7.0)

15.1 (6.9)

13.1 (6.4)

15.8 (6.7)

0.007

 Aβ42, pg/mL

1417.0 (779.5)

1029.0 (530.3)

<0.001

821.6 (366.0)

592.9 (315.0)

<0.001

431.1 (231.1)

934.9 (689.7)

459.9 (214.3)

401.9 (243.3)

576.8 (234.5)

<0.001

 pTau, pg/mL

13.8 (6.6)

15.1 (6.5)

0.013

16.8 (10.0)

20.0 (10.1)

0.129

8.0 (0.0)

14.6 (6.3)

27.9 (15.4)

35.6 (18.9)

35.5 (23.0)

0.908

 tTau, pg/mL

171.0 (71.1)

173.1 (74.3)

0.539

209.5 (105.4)

223.1 (111.4)

0.639

108.1 (28.1)

175.1 (108.4)

304.9 (171.5)

351.7 (135.9)

345.6 (201.9)

0.908

 pTau/Aβ42

0.0093 (0.0022)

0.0150 (0.0049)

<0.001

0.0199 (0.0127)

0.0306 (0.0218)

<0.001

0.0400 (0.0000)

0.0153 (0.0038)

0.0612 (0.0466)

0.0860 (0.0565)

0.0590 (0.0293)

<0.001

 Aβ42/Aβ40

0.0857 (0.0123)

0.0737 (0.0120)

<0.001

0.0523 (0.0188)

0.0455 (0.0192)

<0.001

NA

0.0730 (0.0073)

0.0303 (0.0083)

0.0308 (0.0120)

0.0389 (0.0121)

<0.001

Corrected CSF biomarkers, median (IQR)

 α-Syn, pg/mL

179.4 (99.6)

199.3 (105.0)

0.173

190.5 (101.7)

228.7 (141.4)

0.025

238.5 (100.2)

200.7 (161.9)

318.0 (170.2)

322.3 (188.9)

379.5 (245.6)

0.109

 Aβ40, ng/mL

16.6 (7.0)

18.3 (7.8)

0.094

16.9 (6.0)

17.8 (8.6)

0.273

NA

18.5 (9.1)

19.7 (9.0)

17.1 (8.3)

15.8 (6.7)

0.250

 Aβ42, pg/mL

1417.0 (779.5)

1670.2 (860.7)

0.001

821.6 (366.0)

962.3 (511.3)

0.027

699.7 (375.1)

1517.4 (1119.5)

746.5 (347.8)

652.3 (394.9)

576.8 (234.5)

0.250

 pTau/Aβ42

0.0093 (0.0022)

0.0093 (0.0030)

0.173

0.0199 (0.0127)

0.0188 (0.0135)

0.453

0.0246 (0.0000)

0.0094 (0.0023)

0.0377 (0.0287)

0.0530 (0.0348)

0.0590 (0.0293)

0.256

 Aβ42/Aβ40

0.0857 (0.0123)

0.0916 (0.0149)

<0.001

0.0523 (0.0188)

0.0566 (0.0239)

0.008

NA

0.0907 (0.0091)

0.0377 (0.0103)

0.0383 (0.0149)

0.0389 (0.0121)

0.908

  1. p-values are adjusted using the FDR method for each cohort, amyloid-β status, and disease stage comparison independently
  2. Abbreviations: Aβ42, amyloid-β1–42; Aβ40, amyloid-β1–40; α-Syn, alpha-synuclein; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CU, cognitively unimpaired; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; FDR, false discovery rate; GFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein; IL, interleukin; IQR, interquartile range; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; NA, not applicable; NfL, neurofilament light; pTau, phosphorylated tau; sTREM2, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2; tTau, total tau; YKL40, chitinase-3-like protein-1
  3. aAmyloid-β status unknown due to missing Aβ40 analysis