Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population.

From: Mapping Alzheimer’s disease pathology using free water through integrated analysis of plasma biomarkers, microstructural DTI metrics, and macrostructural MRI measures

 

CU

MCI

DAT

P

N

217

436

315

 

Demographics

    

 Age, years

70.9 ± 7.45

71.1 ± 8.42

69.8 ± 9.51

0.11

 Female, n (%)

142 (65.4%)

253 (58.0%)

205 (65.1%)

0.07

 Education, years

11.7 ± 4.84

11.7 ± 4.53

10.9 ± 4.90

0.03

APOE4 genotype

    

 ε4 carriers/non-carriers

157/ 60

234/ 202

148/ 167

1

BMI status

    

 Underweight/normal weight/obesity

2/ 156/ 59

17/ 295/ 124

15/ 220/ 80

0.15

  1. Values are presented as meanstandard deviation or number (%).
  2. Abbreviations: DAT, dementia of the Alzheimer’s type; CU, cognitively unimpaired; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; BMI, body mass index.
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