Table 2 Detectability.

From: Association of tear fluid amyloid and tau levels with disease severity and neurodegeneration

Tear fluid biomarker detectability n (%)

HC (n = 9)

SCD (n = 23)

MCI (n = 22)

Dem (n = 11)

Total study group (n = 65)

Tear AB38

2 (22%)

3 (13%)

5 (22%)

2 (18%)

12 (18%)

Tear AB40

9 (100%)

23 (100%)

20 (87%)

11 (100%)

63 (97%)

Tear AB42

7 (78%)

2 (9%)

4 (17%)

2 (18%)

15 (23%)

Tear t-tau

9 (100%)

19 (83%)

22 (100%)

11 (100%)

61 (94%)

Tear p-tau

0 (0%)

4 (17%)

5 (22%)

3 (27%)

12 (18%)

  1. Number (n) and percentage (%) of tear fluid samples with biomarkers above the LLOD.