Table 1 Summary statistics for age, sex and type-2 DM status in individuals included in the cross-sectional analyses of: 1, amylin in blood and circulating monocytes; and 2, brain amylin and Aβ42 concentrations by using ELISA.

From: Aβ efflux impairment and inflammation linked to cerebrovascular accumulation of amyloid-forming amylin secreted from pancreas

 

DEM

MCI

CU

Blood samples

n = 19

n = 19

n = 42

Sex, female/male (% female)

9/10 (47.4%)

14/4 (77.8%)

20/21 (48.8%)

Age at collection (avg ± SEM)

79.35 ± 2.18

81.35 ± 1.78

77.60 ± 0.66

Type-2 diabetes

6 (28.5%)

5 (25%)

6 (14.28%)

 

DEM

CU

 

Frozen brain tissue

n = 42

n = 18

 

Sex, female/male (% female)

25/17 (59.5%)

14/4 (77.8%)

 

Age at collection (avg ± SEM)

85.65 ± 7.04

87.22 ± 7.3

 

Type-2 diabetes

22 (52.4%)

6 (33.3%)

 
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