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Table 1 Demographic, plasma YKL-40 concentrations and diagnostic accuracy in discrimination from healthy controls and neurological disease groups

From: Plasma YKL-40 in the spectrum of neurodegenerative dementia

 

n

Sex (f/m)

Age (years)

YKL-40 (ng/mL)

AUC (95% CI)

Mean + SD

95% CI

vs. HC

vs. ND

HC

70

22/48

66 ± 5

84 ± 84

63–104

 

0.64 (0.53–0.74)

ND

44

26/18

66 ± 12

95 ± 61

76–114

0.64 (0.53–0.74)

 

AD

50

25/25

69 ± 10

133 ± 110

102–164

0.62 (0.51–0.73)

0.55 (0.43–0.67)

VaD

22

8/14

72 ± 10**

140 ± 150

73–206

0.56 (0.40–0.72)

0.51 (0.34–0.68)

FTD

17

11/6

68 ± 12

125 ± 108

69–181

0.65 (0.50–0.80)

0.55 (0.38–0.73)

CJD

78

51/27

67 ± 8

189 ± 167

151–227

0.81 (0.74–0.88)

0.72 (0.63–0.81)

LBD

34

13/21

69 ± 8

167 ± 157

112–222

0.70 (0.59–0.81)

0.63 (0.49–0.76)

  1. Number of cases (n), sex (female [f]/male [m]), age in years (mean values ± standard deviation (SD)), YKL-40 plasma concentrations (mean values ± SD) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI)) and area under the curve (AUC) with 95% CI values for each dementia diagnostic comparison versus HC and ND are indicated
  2. **p < 0.01