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Table 1 Population description

From: Association of oxidative stress and inflammatory metabolites with Alzheimer’s disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment

 

ACE cohort

Heidelberg/Mannheim cohort

P-value of difference

MCI patients (N)

142

40

 

Metabolomics profiling tissue

CSF and Plasma

CSF

 

Age (SD) blood collection, years

71.95(7.74)

68.85(8.51)

0.043

Female (%)

74(52.11%)

22(55%)

0.886

Body Mass index (SD)

26.47(3.75)

25.86(3.62)

0.354

Lipid-lowering medication user (%)

63(44.37%)

11(27.5%)

0.083

Amyloid-beta 42 in pg/mL (SD)

791.59 (337.36)

690.85 (394.14)

0.151

P-Tau in pg/mL (SD)

71.37 (37.31)

63.17 (29.97)

0.153

Total tau in pg/mL (SD)

425.87 (288.88)

380.95 (326.98)

0.435

APOE genotype N (%)

APOE ε4 (ε4ε4/ε3ε4/ε2ε4)

50 (35.21%)

18 (45%)

0.344

APOE ε3ε3

81 (57.04%)

18 (45%)

0.242

APOE ε2ε2/ε2ε3

11 (7.75%)

4 (10%)

0.895

 Amyloid positive

68 (47.89%)

22 (55%)

0.445

ATN categories

 A-T-N-

43 (30.28%)

12 (30%)

0.873

 A + T-N-

19 (13.38%)

11 (27.5%)

0.094

 A + T + N-

9 (6.34%)

4 (10%)

0.757

 A + T + N + 

40 (28.17%)

7 (17.5%)

0.140

  1. Abbreviations: MCI mild cognitive impairment, SD Standard deviation, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, APOE apolipoprotein E gene