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Table 4 CSF synaptic and endo-lysosomal biomarkers with increased levels in samples collected in the evening vs. morning

From: Effects of time of the day at sampling on CSF and plasma levels of Alzheimer’ disease biomarkers

Biomarkers

Morning concentration (fmol/µl)

Evening concentration (fmol/µl)

Differences evening-morning

% Change

F (df1, df2)a

P-value corrected (uncorrected) b

Synaptic panel

      

Amyloid Precursor Protein

3.80 (1.32)

4.04 (1.41)

0.24 (0.12 to 0.37)

7.06 (4.02 to 10.10)

15.46 (1, 37)

0.005 (0.0004)

Syntaxin-1B

0.31 (0.10)

0.34 (0.11)

0.02 (0.01 to 0.03)

7.10 (3.38 to 10.81)

13.77 (1, 37)

0.005 (0.0007)

Neuronal pentraxin receptor

1.22 (0.55)

1.35 (0.60)

0.12 (0.05 to 0.19)

12.15 (6.15 to 18.15)

13.58 (1, 37)

0.005 (0.0007)

Neuronal pentraxin-1

      

ETVLQQK

LTPGEVYNLATCSTK

0.67 (0.24)

1.52 (0.46)

0.71 (0.26)

1.61 (0.49)

0.04 (0.01 to 0.07)

0.09 (0.04 to 0.14)

7.66 (3.28 to 12.04)

6.24 (3.02 to 9.47)

8.38 (1, 37)

11.92 (1, 37)

0.020 (0.006)

0.008 (0.001)

Neurogranin

0.60 (0.28)

0.66 (0.31)

0.06 (0.02 to 0.10)

11.59 (6.64 to 16.54)

10.56 (1, 37)

0.012 (0.003)

β-synuclein

0.28 (0.10)

0.30 (0.12)

0.03 (0.04 to 0.007)

9.59 (3.90 to 15.28)

7.91 (1, 37)

0.020 (0.008)

γ-synuclein

0.60 (0.21)

0.64 (0.20)

0.13 (0.001 to 0.26)

8.50 (3.31 to 13.70)

5.82 (1, 37)

0.042 (0.021)

PEBP- 1

7.91 (2.43)

8.23 (2.57)

0.32 (0.10 to 0.54)

4.45 (1.71 to 7.20)

8.96 (1, 37)

0.020 (0.005)

14-3-3ε

0.43 (0.14)

0.45 (0.16)

0.03 (0.01 to 0.05)

6.62 (2.29 to 10.96)

8.05 (1, 37)

0.020 (0.007)

Chromogranin-A

4.04 (2.82)

4.38 (2.99)

0.34 (0.10 to 0.57)

9.38 (4.97 to 13.78)

8.2 (1, 37)

0.020 (0.007)

Secretogranin-2

4.10 (1.55)

4.36 (1.74)

0.26 (0.06 to 0.47)

7.06 (2.65–11.47)

6.75 (1, 37)

0.030 (0.013)

Neurosecretory protein VGF

      

NSEPQDEGELFQGVDPR

AYQGVAAPFPK

3.77 (2.00)

7.52 (4.02)

3.98 (2.13)

8.08 (4.49)

0.21 (0.03 to 0.38)

0.56 (0.14 to 0.98)

6.38 (1.89 to 10.88)

8.45 (3.47 to 13.43)

5.84 (1, 37)

7.41 (1, 37)

0.041 (0.021)

0.023 (0.010)

Endo-lysosomal panel

      

Ganglioside GM2 activator

      

EVAGLWIK

ESVLSSSGK

3.91 (1.45)

5.38 (1.95)

4.11 (1.49)

5.60 (2.01)

0.20 (0.10 to 0.30)

0.23 (0.11 to 0.35)

5.95 (2.94 to 8.96)

4.70 (2.27 to 7.13)

15.87 (1, 37)

14.15 (1, 37)

0.005 (0.0003)

0.005 (0.0006)

Cathepsin F

0.45 (0.13)

0.49 (0.13)

0.04 (0.01 to 0.07)

13.29 (4.44 to 22.14)

7.97 (1, 37)

0.020 (0.008)

  1. Data shown as mean (SD) or mean (95%CI) unless specified otherwise. Data for all synaptic and endo-lysosomal proteins is shown in Supplementary Table 2. Abbreviations: CSF cerebrospinal fluid
  2. a Main effects of sampling time from repeated measures two-way ANOVA
  3. bP-values were corrected for multiple comparison using the FDR method