Table 1 Demographic and CSF biomarker data.

From: Different pattern of CSF glial markers between dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease

  

CN (n = 44)

DLB (n = 37)

Prodromal DLB (n = 23)

AD (n = 50)

Prodromal AD (n = 53)

Total

p-value

 

Age, y ± SD (range)a

67.4 ± 5.1 (60.2–78.7)

76.5 ± 5 (64–84.6)

76.5 ± 6.4 (58.5–85.8)

74.6 ± 5.6 (62.4–86.8)

72.3 ± 6.3 (60.4–85)

73 ± 6.5 (58.5–86–8)

<0.001

Sex, Female % (n)

56.8 (25)

54.1 (20)

56.5 (13)

62 (31)

60.4 (32)

57.8% (78)

0.949

APOEε4, %* (n)b

18.2 (8)

24.3 (9)

34.8 (8)

58 (29)

75 (39)

45.1 (93)

0.003

MMSE ± SDc

28.9 ± 1.2

23 ± 4.6

26.1 ± 2.4

22.5 ± 3.4

26.7 ± 2.3

25.7 ± 3.8

<0.001

Core AD biomarkers

CSF Aβ1–42, pg/mL ± SDd

918.2 ± 212.2

602.7 ± 269.2

634 ± 197.7

384.7 ± 105.6

458.1 ± 72.2

583.6 ± 261

<0.001

CSF t-tau, pg/mL ± SDe

228.8 ± 52.3

448.9 ± 333.9

371.3 ± 174.5

694.5 ± 321

609 ± 267.7

493.8 ± 310

<0.001

CSF p-tau, pg/mL ± SDf

45.5 ± 10.2

68.8 ± 42.3

62.6 ± 24.4

94.1 ± 26.2

94.8 ± 39.2

76 ± 36.8

<0.001

Inflammation-related biomarkers

CSF YKL-40, ng/mL ± SDg

238.8 ± 49.2

278.8 ± 83.4

270.7 ± 69

295.3 ± 54.1

296.7 ± 55.7

277.8 ± 64.8

<0.001

CSF sTREM2, ng/mL ± SD (n)h

4.2 ± 2.3 (40)

5.3 ± 2.3 (28)

4.4 ± 1.9 (18)

4.3 ± 2.2 (36)

5 ± 2.4 (41)

4.6 ± 2.3 (163)

0.038

CSF PGRN, ng/mL ± SD

4.3 ± 1.2

4.2 ± 1.1

4.5 ± 1.3

4.4 ± 1.3

4.6 ± 1.2

4.4 ± 1.2

0.653

  1. *At least one APOEε4 allele.
  2. aCognitively normal controls (CN) vs. DLB, prodDLB, AD and prodAD, p < 0.001; prodAD vs. prodDLB and DLB, p = 0.05.
  3. bCN, DLB and pDLB vs. AD and pAD, p < 0.001.
  4. cCN vs. AD, p < 0.001; prodDLB vs. AD, p = 0.09.
  5. dCN vs. DLB, prodDLB, AD and prodAD and AD vs. DLB and prodDLB, p < 0.001; AD vs. prodAD, p = 0.003.
  6. eCN vs. DLB, AD and prodAD, p < 0.001; CN vs. prod DLB, p = 0.006; DLB vs. AD and prodAD, p < 0.001; prod DLB vs. AD and prod AD, p < 0.001.
  7. fCN vs. AD and prodAD, p < 0.001; CN vs. DLB, p = 0.016, CN vs. prodDLB, p = 0.06; DLB and prodDLB vs. AD and prodAD, p < 0.001.
  8. gCN vs. AD and prodAD, p < 0.01; DLB and prodDLB vs. AD, p = 0.03; DLB and prodDLB vs. prodAD, p = 0.006 and p = 0.007, respectively.
  9. hpAD vs. AD, p = 0.06 (results adjusted by multiple comparisons).
  10. Analyses using ANCOVA including age for all biomarkers and also sex in the case of sTREM2. In post-hoc analyses p-values were adjusted by Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons (10 comparisons for this analysis).