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Table 2 Early AD phenotype across genotype groups defined by APOE4 and BCHE-K carrier status

From: Onset of Alzheimer disease in apolipoprotein ɛ4 carriers is earlier in butyrylcholinesterase K variant carriers

 

Mean value for variable (SD)

2E4 & K (N = 4)

E4 & K (N = 11)

E4 & No-K (N = 22)

No-E4 & K (N = 5)

No-E4 & No-K (N = 7)

Sex

Female

75%

64%

50%

40%

29%

Onset of AD

Age-at-AD diagnosis (yrs)

60.8a (4.4)

60.6a1 (6.1)

67.0b1 (4.0)

63.9 (7.6)

62.8 (7.8)

Age-at-baseline (yrs)

62.0a (4.8)

62.1a2 (5.9)

68.3b2 (4.0)

64.8 (7.3)

64.4 (6.6)

Time since AD diagnosis at baseline (yrs)

1.2a (1.2)

1.5b (1.3)

1.3a (1.2)

0.9a (0.7)

1.6b (1.9)

Neuroimaging

Hippocampal vol., % of ICV

0.26a (0.05)

0.26a (0.05)

0.24a (0.03)

0.28b (0.02)

0.28b (0.03)

Ventricular vol., % of ICV

1.8a (0.73)

2.9a (1.54)

2.8b (1.23)

2.3b (0.97)

2.9a (1.15)

CSF markers

42, pg/mL

554a (111)

641a (139)

676a (193)

755b (195)

831b (176)

p-tau181, pg/mL

34.0b (11.8)

40.4a (12.2)

38.7b (14.8)

42.5a (15.8)

40.4a (13.5)

NfL, pg/mL

1003b (265)

1392a (498)

1222b (395)

1316b (160)

1458a (366)

Ng, pg/mL

493b (188)

568a (188)

506b (257)

540a (245)

515b (247)

YKL-40, ng/mL

190b (86.0)

247b (143.3)

247b (85.0)

351a (164.5)

293a (168.5)

Cognition

MMSE Total (0–30)

24.3b (2.5)

23.8b (2.5)

23.5a (2.3)

23.4a (2.4)

23.9b (2.3)

MMSE Memory (0–6)

4.0a (1.4)

3.9a (1.0)

4.1a (1.1)

4.2a (1.3)

4.9b (1.2)

MMSE Visual Construction (0–1)

0.8b (0.5)

0.7b (0.5)

0.7b (0.5)

0.8b (0.4)

0.3a (0.5)

RBANS Total (40–160)

72.8b (8.3)

65.5a (10.5)

67.5b (12.4)

72.0b (13.4)

66.0a (11.8)

RBANS Delayed Memory (40–154)

56.0a (19.3)

52.7a (13.7)

47.8a (5.9)

69.0b (26.2)

64.3b (21.5)

RBANS Visuospatial/Constructional (40–154)

101.8b (28.8)

90.4b (25.6)

85.4b (19.8)

79.4a (21.1)

80.3a (23.9)

  1. ICV Intracranial volume, MMSE Mini-Mental Status Examination, RBANS Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, SD Standard deviation
  2. 1 = significant difference, P < .001, ANOVA, P = .001, ANCOVA; 2 = significant difference,  P =.001, ANOVA, P =.002, ANCOVA
  3. aNumerically more pathology or more clinical impairment
  4. bNumerically less pathology or less clinical impairment