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Table 1 Subject demographics and plasma anti-PC levels

From: Antibodies against phosphorylcholine are not altered in plasma of patients with Alzheimer’s disease

 

Controls

AD

Other dementias 1

VaD

n

176

125

63

19

Mean age, years (range)

74 (62–99)

76 (56–87)

71 (45–85)

76 (56–87)

% of females

63

72

59

68

MMSE [SD]

29 [1.3]

21 [4.8]

21 [5.7]

22 [3.8]

Mean anti-PC, U/ml [SD]

73.3 [29.9]

73.4 [25.4]

66.2 [29.8]

65.3 [26.6]

  1. 1Other dementias: dementia with Lewy Bodies (n = 34), frontotemporal dementia (n = 17) and Parkinson’s disease with dementia subjects (n = 12).