From: Higher CSF sTREM2 attenuates ApoE4-related risk for cognitive decline and neurodegeneration
ADNI Sample (N = 708) | CN (n = 221) | MCI (n = 414) | AD (n = 73) | p-value |
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Age (M/SD) | 74.25 (6.08)b | 71.82 (7.45)a,c | 74.17 (8.37)b | < 0.001 |
Gender (male/female)) | 115/106 | 244/170 | 38/35 | 0.190 |
Education (M/SD) | 16.36 (2.73)c | 16.14 (2.74)c | 15.18 (3.06)a,b | 0.007 |
Follow-up in years (M/SD) | 4.89 (2.5)b,c | 4.24 (1.81)a,c | 2.15 (0.44)a,b | < 0.001 |
ApoE4-status (pos./neg.) | 55/166 | 203/211 | 60/13 | < 0.001 |
ApoE-alleles (22/23/33/24/34/44) | 0/30/136/1/50/4 | 0/28/183/6/148/49 | 0/0/13/2/36/22 | < 0.001 |
Amyloid-status (pos./neg.) | 72/148 | 245/169 | 73/0 | < 0.001 |
CSF-Aβ1–42 (M/SD) | 1243.25 (421.93)b,c | 976.67 (444.52)a,c | 545.03 (159.15)= | < 0.001 |
CSF-p-tau181 (M/SD) | 21.97 (9.24)b,c | 27.55 (14.27)a,c | 36.77 (14.33)a,b | < 0.001 |
CSF sTREM2 (M/SD) | 4258.60 (2183.71) | 4094.56 (2104.86) | 4370.51 (2194.07) | 0.465 |
ADNI-MEM (M/SD) | 1.07 (0.58)b,c | 0.23 (0.67)a,c | −0.84 (0.50)a,b | < 0.001 |
ADAS13 (M/SD) | 9.08 (4.33)b,c | 15.80 (6.61)a,c | 28.82 (6.88)a,b | < 0.001 |
MMSE (M/SD) | 29.11 (1.14)b,c | 27.80 (1.78)a,c | 23.12 (1.89)a,b | < 0.001 |