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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of AD subjects and cognitively normal control (NC) subjects

From: Disturbed microbial ecology in Alzheimer’s disease: evidence from the gut microbiota and fecal metabolome

Baseline characteristic

AD

NC

P valuea

Participants, n

21

44

 

Age, years (IQR)

76.2 (9.9)

78.4 (6.6)

0.262

Female, n (%)

8 (38.1)

24 (54.6)

0.215

Education, years (IQR)

12 (3)

12 (7)

0.889

MMSE scores, mean (IQR)

18 (8)

29 (2)

< 0.001

APOE ε4, n (%)

10 (50.0)b

5 (11.9)c

< 0.001

BMI, mean (IQR)

22.8 (3)

23.1 (5)

0.388

  1. Values are shown as median (interquartile range, IQR) or number (percent)
  2. BMI Body mass index, AD Alzheimer’s disease, NC cognitively normal control
  3. a Mann-Whitney U test or x2 test
  4. b Missing data of APOE genotype (n = 1)
  5. c Missing data of APOE genotype (n = 2)