Fig. 1: Association of the ALPS index with age and diagnostic status.

A Correlations of the ALPS index and age in the 3 groups. B The changing trend of the ALPS index in three groups of patients in different age groups. Significant main effects were observed for age subgroup (F = 15.743, p < 0.001) and diagnostic status (F = 8.453, p < 0.001) on the ALPS index. Additionally, a significant interaction effect between age subgroup and diagnostic status was found (F = 5.081, p = 0.007).