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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Ventricular volume in relation to lumbar CSF levels of amyloid-β 1–42, tau and phosphorylated tau in iNPH, is there a dilution effect?

 

Total Sample (n = 136)

Males (n = 89)

Females (n = 47)

Age (years)

76 (Q1 71, Q3 79)

75 (Q1 71, Q3 79)

76 (Q1 72, Q3 79)

MMSE (presurgical)

26 (Q1 22, Q3 28, n = 83)

26 (Q1 22, Q3 28, n = 47)

25 (Q1 23, Q3 28, n = 26)

TUG time (seconds, presurgical)

17 (Q1 11.9, Q3 26.0, n = 83)

16 (Q1 11.0, Q3 26.0, n = 47)

18.3 (Q1 13.5, Q3 26.0, n = 26)

Improved

63 (75.9%, n = 83)

45 (79%, n = 47)

18 (69%, n = 26)

VV

141 mL (Q1 123, Q3 166)

151 mL (Q1 128, Q3 179)

133 mL (Q1 112, Q3 142)

Aβ42

534 pg/mL (Q1 380, Q3 662)

536 pg/mL (Q1 384, Q3 641)

532 pg/mL (Q1 364, Q3 680)

Tau

216 pg/mL (Q1 163, Q3 300)

208 pg/mL (Q1 163, Q3 274)

220 pg/mL (Q1 160, Q3 331)

p-tau

31 pg/mL (Q1 23, Q3 40)

30 pg/mL (Q1 23, Q3 38)

33 pg/mL (Q1 24, Q3 45)

  1. VV Ventricular volume, Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, TUG Time Up and Go test