Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Gut microbiome alterations in Alzheimer’s disease

 

Control

AD

p value

n

25

25

 

Age (yrs, mean ± SD)

69.3 ± 7.5

71.3 ± 7.3

0.346

Sex (% Female)

72% (18/25)

68% (17/25)

0.785

Clinical dementia rating (CDR) score

  

NA

0–normal

100% (25/25)

0

 

0.5–very mild dementia

 

40% (10/25)

 

1–mild dementia

 

36% (9/25)

 

2–moderate dementia

 

24% (6/25)

 

APOE ε4 genotype

20% (5/25)

72% (18/25)

<0.001*

Ethnicity (% Caucasian)

96% (24/25)

92% (23/25)

0.552

BMI (kg/m2, median [IQR])

26.1 [24.3–33.2]

26.0 [22.9–29.1]

0.467

Diabetes diagnosis

2/25

2/25

1.000

MIND Diet total score (mean ± SD)

7.6 ± 2.2

6.6 ± 2.7

0.160

Bristol stool scale score (mean ± SD)

3.5 ± 1.7

3.8 ± 1.2

0.561