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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of included subjects in ADNI

From: Caspase-1 variant influencing CSF tau and FDG PET levels in non-demented elders from the ADNI cohort

Characteristics

Non-demented elderly

MCI

NC

P-value*

Age (n, means±SD)

698

73.61 ± 6.75

442

72.54 ± 7.38

256

74.80 ± 5.40

<  0.001

Gender (n, male/female)

698

395/303

442

266/176

256

129/127

0.012

Education (n, means±SD)

698

16.05 ± 2.82

442

15.97 ± 2.85

256

16.43 ± 2.66

0.068

APOE ε4 (n, 0/1/2 alleles)

698

428/225/45

442

240/163/39

256

188/62/6

<  0.001

MMSE (n, means±SD)

698

28.33 ± 1.61

442

27.5 ± 3.46

256

28.12 ± 5.10

< 0.001

Caspase-1 rs554344 (n, GG/GC/CC)

698

476/198/24

442

305/127/10

256

171/71/14

0.393

AV45 PET (n, means±SD)

426

1.18 ± 0.21

290

1.21 ± 0.22

136

1.12 ± 0.18

< 0.001

FDG PET (n, means±SD)

555

1.27 ± 0.12

366

1.25 ± 0.13

189

1.30 ± 0.11

< 0.001

CSF- Aβ42 (n, means±SD)

410

918.60 ± 365.61

282

871.38 ± 349.02

128

1022.61 ± 380.92

< 0.001

CSF t-tau (n, means±SD)

516

262.78 ± 100.61

334

274.15 ± 109.25

182

242.60 ± 81.37

< 0.001

CSF p-tau (n, means±SD)

515

24.63 ± 10.79

333

26.80 ± 11.93

182

22.07 ± 8.08

< 0.001

HVa (n,means±SD)

620

7055.30 ± 1023.75

387

6901.99 ± 1099.49

233

7309.94 ± 825.04

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: 42 amyloid-β, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, HVa adjusted hippocampal volume, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini-Mental State Exam, N number, NC normal cognition, p-tau phosphorylated tau, SD standard deviation, t-tau total tau
  2. Notes: P-value* represents the difference between MCI and NC groups