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Table 2 Correlations between biomarkers in CSF and MMSE in patients with AD and controls combined

From: Changes in cerebrospinal fluid and blood plasma levels of IGF-II and its binding proteins in Alzheimer’s disease: an observational study

 

CSF Aβ42

CSF Tau

CSF P-Tau

MMSE

CSF IGF-I

0.253a

0.191

0.116

-0.005

CSF IGF-II

0.058

0.161

0.155

-0.178a

CSF IGFBP-2

0.034

0.463b

0.374b

-0.250b

CSF IGFBP-3

0.060

0.308b

0.266a

-0.143

MMSE

0.374b

-0.442b

-0.567b

1.000

  1. Numbers are Spearman correlation coefficients (rs). ap < 0.05; bp < 0.005. Abbreviations: CSF cerebrospinal fluid, IGF insulin growth factor, IGFBP insulin growth factor binding protein, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination.