Table 4 Descriptive statistics of PILRA R78G-A carriers and non-carriers stratified by case–control status.

From: PILRA polymorphism modifies the effect of APOE4 and GM17 on Alzheimer’s disease risk

 

AD cases

Controls

 

PILRA A/A

n = 21

PILRA A/G

n = 136

PILRA G/G

n = 195

PILRA A/A

n = 27

PILRA A/G

n = 134

PILRA G/G

n = 193

Age at blood collection, y, mean ± SD

61.6 ± 5.1

61.3 ± 6.1

61.2 ± 5.2

59.4 ± 5.1

61.4 ± 5.7

61.3 ± 5.6

Age at diagnosis, y, mean ± SD

71.9 ± 6.2

72.0 ± 6.2

71.1 ± 6.0

   

Sex, female, %, (n)

81.0 (17)

76.5 (104)

74.4 (145)

74.1 (20)

73.9 (99)

76.7 (148)

APOE risk variants, % (n)a

61.9 (13)

61.5 (83)

61.0 (119)

44.4 (12)

23.9 (32)

21.9 (42)

APOEε3/ε4

42.9 (9)

45.2 (61)

41.0 (80)

37.0 (10)

23.1 (31)

20.3 (39)

APOEε4/ε4

19.0 (4)

16.3 (22)

20.0 (39)

7.4 (2)

0.7 (1)

1.6 (3)

GM 3/17

38.1 (8)

50.0 (66)

46.4 (89)

48.1 (13)

48.5 (64)

47.7 (92)

GM 17/17, % (n)

14.3 (3)

20.5 (27)

21.4 (41)

25.9 (7)

11.4 (15)

8.3 (16)

Anti-HSV-1 IgG + , % (n)

90.5 (19)

93.4 (127)

90.3 (176)

96.3 (26)

89.6 (120)

86.0 (166)

Anti-HSV IgG levelsb,c

106.4 ± 16.6

102.0 ± 23.2

102.3 ± 20.8

99.4 ± 21.2

99.8 ± 23.6

105.3 ± 20.7

Anti-HSV IgM + , % (n)c

10.5 (2)

8.7 (11)

7.4 (13)

0 (0)

4.2 (5)

7.2 (12)

  1. AD Alzheimer’s disease, y years, SD Standard deviation, n number, APOE apolipoprotein E.
  2. aGenotype ε3/ε4 or ε4/ε4.
  3. bExpressed in arbitrary units.
  4. cAmong anti-HSV-1 IgG seropositive subjects).