Table 1 Baseline characteristics of K-ROAD and ADNI cohorts

From: Biomarker-integrated prognostic stagings for Alzheimer’s Disease

Variables

K-ROAD

ADNI total (N = 290)

CU (N = 224)

MCI (N = 779)

Dementia (N = 260)

Total (N = 1263)

Age, years

71.0 ± 8.0

72.4 ± 7.8

70.7 ± 8.8

71.8 ± 8.1

73.7 ± 7.1

Female, n (%)

144 (64.3)

480 (61.6)

166 (63.8)

790 (62.5)

142 (49.0)

APOE ε4 carriers, n (%)

70 (31.2)

350 (44.9)

150 (57.7)

570 (45.1)

97 (33.4)

Education years

10.5 ± 4.7

10.8 ± 4.7

10.2 ± 4.9

10.6 (4.7)

16.4 ± 2.6

Clinical diagnosis CU/MCI/dementia, n (%)

-

-

-

224 (17.7)/779 (61.7)/260 (20.6)

160 (55.2)/118 (40.7)/12 (4.1)

Aβ PET positivity, n (%)

81 (36.2)

466 (59.8)

219 (84.2)

766 (60.6)

50 (44.6)

MRI Hippocampal volume, mm3

2945.9 ± 597.9

2614.8 ± 546.0

2300.8 ± 536.8

2608.9 ± 588.1

3858.3 ± 506.4

Plasma Aβ42/40

0.06 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.02

-

Plasma pTau181, pg/ml

6.7 ± 5.8

8.2 ± 7.4

10.3 ± 9.8

8.4 ± 7.8

-

Plasma pTau217, pg/ml

0.5 ± 0.4

0.8 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 0.6

0.4 ± 0.3a

Plasma pTau231, pg/ml

8.9 ± 4.1

10.6 ± 5.5

12.5 ± 5.4

10.7 ± 5.4

-

Plasma GFAP, pg/ml

112.0 ± 54.3

156.0 ± 135.9

182.7 ± 79.0

153.7 ± 117.0

157.3 ± 90.1a

Plasma NfL, pg/ml

25.2 ± 11.9

32.6 ± 26.4

36.1 ± 30.8

32.0 ± 25.7

-

  1. Data are shown as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise stated
  2. aPlasma pTau217 and GFAP values were harmonized to the K-ROAD cohort using the conversion equations (Supplementary Method 1)