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Table 1 Population characteristics at new baseline

From: Dissecting the clinical and pathological prognosis of MCI patients who reverted to normal cognition: a longitudinal study

Characteristics

MCI Reverters

(N = 109)

Stable MCI

(N = 334)

Stable NC

(N = 353)

ap

bp

1. Demographic information

 Age, years, mean (SD)

74.97 (6.48)

77.30 (6.65)

73.44 (6.63)

0.002

0.034

 Female, %

66 (60.55%)

211 (63.17)

156 (44.19)

0.623

0.003

 Education, years, mean (SD)

16.30 (2.68)

15.66 (2.78)

17.10 (2.22)

0.032

0.007

 APOE4 carrier, %

33 (30.28%)

137 (41.02%)

106 (30.03%)

0.045

0.961

2. Neuropsychological assessments

 ADAS-cog, points

9.29 (3.82)

16.47 (6.53)

6.88 (3.57)1

< 0.001

< 0.001

 MEM, points

0.78 (0.35)

0.05 (0.47)

1.17 (0.45)

< 0.001

< 0.001

 EXF, points

0.75 (0.32)

0.33 (0.51)

1.01 (0.38)

< 0.001

< 0.001

3. MRI characteristics

 Hippocampus volume, cm³, mean (SD)

7.29 (0.99)2

6.69 (1.04)3

7.46 (1.08)4

< 0.001

0.183

 Entorhinal volume, cm³, mean (SD)

3.90 (0.74)5

3.56 (0.75)6

3.88 (0.63)7

< 0.001

0.850

 Mid-temporal volume, cm³, mean (SD)

18.66 (6.08)5

17.48 (5.67)6

18.59 (6.28)7

0.142

0.927

4. PET characteristics

 Amyloid PET, SUVr, mean (SD)

1.13 (0.18)8

1.22 (0.24)9

1.11 (0.19)10

0.003

0.460

 FDG-PET METAROI, SUVr, mean (SD)

1.30 (0.10)8

1.20 (0.15)11

1.28 (0.12)11

< 0.001

0.268

5. CSF biomarkers

 CSF Aβ1-42, pg/ml, mean (SD)

1146.90 (619.06)12

1061.80 (574.95)13

1376.60 (626.74)14

0.457

0.051

 CSF p‐tau, pg/mL, mean (SD)

25.48 (15.97)12

28.15 (14.73)13

22.05 (8.93)14

0.366

0.215

 CSF t‐tau, pg/ml, mean (SD)

267.80 (141.52)12

291.90 (125.35)13

245.20 (90.02)14

0.353

0.362

6. Aβ positive c, %

29 (43.28%)15

109 (52.77%)16

77 (34.68%)17

0.071

0.171

  1. Abbreviations: MCI Mild cognitive impairment, NC Normal cognition, SD Standard deviation, APOE Apolipoprotein E, ADAS-cog Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale, MEM Memory function, EXF Executive function, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, PET Positron emission tomography, SUVr Standard uptake value, FDG Fluorodeoxyglucose, CSF Cerebral spinal fluid, 1-42 β-amyloid 1-42, p-tau phosphorylation tau, t-tau total tau
  2. ap, comparison of the MCI Reverters and Stable MCI
  3. bp, comparison of the MCI Reverters and Stable NC
  4. cCSF Aβ1-42 < 1100 or Amyloid PET SUVr > 1.1
  5. 1, N = 345; 2, N = 86; 3, N = 253, 4, N = 265; 5, N = 76; 6, N = 207; 7, N = 246; 8, N = 63; 9, N = 149; 10, N = 195; 11, N = 172; 12, N = 37; 13, N = 128; 14, N = 137; 15, N = 68; 16, N = 192; 17, N = 222