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Table 1 ADNI patient cohort selected for DNA methylation analysis and used for final analysis after normalization and quality control

From: Harnessing peripheral DNA methylation differences in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) to reveal novel biomarkers of disease

Starting Patient Cohort (N=653; 1720 DNA samples)

Diagnosis Groups

Age in years Mean (SD)

Number of Males (%)

Number APOE e4 positive (%)

Cognitively Normal (n=223)

76.23 (6.7)

112 (50.2%)

58 (26%)

Mild Cognitive Impairment (n=336)

72.58 (7.82)

189 (56.3%)

153 (46%)

Alzheimer's Disease (n=94)

77.19 (7.69)

60 (63.8%)

64 (68%)

After Normalization , Quality Control and Removal of Replicates (total 1707)

Diagnosis at 1st Visit

Number at Visit 1

Number at Visit 2

Number at Visit 3

Number at Visit 4

Number at Visit 5

Cognitively Normal

220

200

162

15

4

Mild Cognitive Impairment

333

312

235

23

4

Alzheimer’s Disease

94

53

51

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