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Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of study participants

From: A peripheral signature of Alzheimer’s disease featuring microbiota-gut-brain axis markers

 

CU

CI-NAD

CI-AD

P-value

 

ANOVA b

CI-NAD vs CI-AD c

N

13

38

34

  

Age (years)

69.6 (7.1)

69.8 (7.4)

70.8 (6.1)

.796

 > .999

Female

7 (54%)

21 (55%)

16 (47%)

.775

.487

Education (years)

9.1 (5.2)

8.5 (3.9)

8.7 (4.5)

 > .999

 > .999

Body mass indexa

25.0 (3.4)

25.3 (3.8)

24.9 (2.9)

 > .999

 > .999

APOEe4 carrier statusd

2 (18%)

3 (9%)

20 (65%)

 < .001

 < .001

General cognition

 Mini-Mental State Examination

28.3 (1.2)

24.8 (3.9)

22.2 (5.1)

 < .001

0.101

 ADAScog

8.2 (3.3)

15.3 (9.5)

17.1 (7.6)

 < .001

.330

Clinical stage

 Mild cognitive impairment

-

21 (55%)

22 (65%)

 

.415

 Dementia

-

17 (45%)

12 (35%)

 

.415

Amyloid load (PET SUVr)

.95 (.07)

.92 (.09)

1.31 (.13)

 < .001

 < .001

  1. Figure denotes mean (SD) and number (%)
  2. Abbreviations: CU: cognitively unimpaired persons; CI-NAD: patients with cognitive impairment not due to AD; CI-AD: patients with cognitive impairment due to AD; ADAScog: Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale, cognitive subscale; PET: Positron emission tomography; SUVr: Standardized uptake value ratio
  3. a Weight/height2 and measured in kg/cm2
  4. b Statistical difference among the 3 groups by ANOVA, Kruskal–Wallis, or chi-squared test
  5. c P values of pairwise comparisons using Bonferroni correction
  6. d Missing data for 8 participants: 2 in CU, 4 in CI-NAD, and 3 in CI-AD