Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics for the total sample and by A/T biomarker profile

From: Detecting early cognitive deficits in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease using a remote digital multi-day learning paradigm

 

Total sample (N = 167)

 

A- T- (n = 106)

A + T- (n = 46)

A + T+ (n = 15)

P value

Post hoc group comparisons

Age (M, SD)

74.3 (7.5)

73.0 (7.9)

76.5 (6.9)

76.4 (5.0)

0.019

A-T- < A + T-; A-T- < A + T+

Sex (n, %)

 F

105 (62.9%)

66 (62.3%)

28 (60.9%)

11 (73.3%)

0.670

N.S.

 M

62 (37.1%)

40 (37.7%)

18 (39.1%)

4 (26.7%)

Years of education (M, SD)

16.6 (2.47)

16.7 (2.47)

16.2 (2.61)

16.7 (1.98)

0.457

N.S.

Race (n, %)

 Asian

5 (3.0%)

4 (3.8%)

1 (2.2%)

0 (0%)

0.96

N.S.

 Black

14 (8.4%)

10 (9.4%)

3 (6.5%)

1 (6.7%)

 White

146 (87.4%)

90 (84.9%)

42 (91.3%)

14 (93.3%)

 Other

2 (1.2%)

2 (1.8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Ethnicity (n, %)

 Hispanic

1 (0.6%)

(0%)

1 (2.2%)

0 (0%)

0.266

N.S.

 Non-Hispanic

166 (99.4%)

106 (100%)

45 (97.8%)

15 (100%)

CDR Global (n, %)

 0

152 (94.4%)

96 (96.0%)

37 (92.5%)

19 (90.5%)

0.414

N.S.

 0.5

9 (5.6%)

4 (4.0%)

3 (7.5%)

2 (9.5%)

MMSE (M, SD)

28.8 (1.4)

28.9 (1.4)

28.8 (1.9)

28.3 (2.1)

0.302

N.S.

Global amyloid burden DVR (M, SD)

1.16 (0.19)

1.07 (0.04)

1.32 (0.21)

1.37 (0.27)

<.001

A-T- < A + T- < A + T+

Neocortical tau SUVR (M, SD)

1.19 (0.09)

1.16 (0.06)

1.19 (0.06)

1.39 (0.08)

<.001

A-T- < A + T- < A + T+

Cortical thickness AD signature region (mm) (M, SD)

2.86 (0.14)

2.89 (0.12)

2.82 (0.16)

2.87 (0.17)

0.012

A-T- > A + T-; A + T- < A + /T+

MDLC (M, SD)

 BRANCH Composite

0.58 (0.12)

0.60 (0.11)

0.55 (0.09)

0.52 (0.15)

0.009

A-T- > A + T-; A-T- > A + T+

 Digit Signs

0.27 (0.10)

0.29 (0.11)

0.24 (0.08)

0.23 (0.10)

0.001

A-T- > A + T-; A-T- > A + T+

 Face Name

0.79 (0.17)

0.81 (0.16)

0.76 (0.16)

0.71 (0.23)

0.073

A-T- > A + T-; A-T- > A + T+

 Groceries Prices

0.67 (0.14)

0.68 (0.14)

0.65 (0.13)

0.59 (0.15)

0.046

A-T- > A + T > A + T+

  1. Group differences tested using ANOVA for continuous variables or Chi-Square for discrete variables. Post hoc group comparisons based on Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test.