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Table 1 Characteristics of biomarker study participants at baseline

From: Prognostic value of plasma biomarkers for informing clinical trial design in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease

 

Initial Plasma

Clinical 48-week Change

MRI 48-week Change

na

319

264

230

Demographics

 Age: mean (SD)

71.52 (8.03)

71.53 (8.08)

71.47 (8.02)

 Sex: N (%) male

132 (41.4)

113 (42.8)

100 (43.5)

 APOE ε4 carrier: N (%) positive

213 (66.8)

181 (68.6)

163 (70.9)

 Education: mean (SD)

15.28 (3.07)

15.18 (3.01)

14.98 (2.85)

Race: N (%)

 Asian

4 (1.25)

4 (1.52)

4 (1.74)

 Black or African American

9 (2.82)

9 (3.41)

6 (2.61)

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1 (0.31)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

 White

305 (95.6)

251 (95.1)

220 (95.7)

Ethnicity: N (%)

 Hispanic or Latino

9 (2.82)

6 (2.27)

4 (1.74)

 Not Hispanic or Latino

307 (96.2)

256 (97.0)

224 (97.4)

 Not Reported

3 (0.94)

2 (0.76)

2 (0.87)

Clinical Measurements (measured at baseline)

 MMSE: mean (SD)

19.35 (3.84)

19.23 (3.86)

19.46 (3.83)

 MoCA: mean (SD)

12.59 (4.78)

12.57 (4.68)

12.86 (4.71)

 ADAS-Cog11: mean (SD)

25.97 (8.10)

26.07 (8.19)

25.69 (8.22)

 CDR-SB: mean (SD)

6.46 (2.47)

6.45 (2.47)

6.40 (2.51)

Plasma Biomarker Measurements (measured at baseline)

 Aβ42/40: mean (SD)

0.05 (0.01)

0.05 (0.01)

0.05 (0.01)

 GFAP, pg/mL: mean (SD)

399.9 (173.6)

390.0 (168.2)

390.7 (167.6)

 NfL, pg/mL: mean (SD)

29.05 (11.45)

28.72 (11.38)

28.36 (10.80)

 P-tau181, pg/mL: mean (SD)

4.14 (1.59)

4.04 (1.54)

4.04 (1.54)

 T-tau, pg/mL: mean (SD)

2.36 (1.25)

2.34 (1.24)

2.33 (1.26)

  1. aThe three sample sizes reflect the number of participants from the mITT population with plasma biomarker measurements available at baseline, number of participants with 48-week change of clinical outcomes available, and number of participants with 48-week change of MRI volumetric measures available