Four subgroups based on tau levels in Alzheimer's disease observed in two independent cohorts
Visser Ppieter Jelle; Ekblad Laura; Wesenhagen Kirsten EJ; Tijms Betty M; van der Flier Wiesje M; Duits Flora H; Willemse Eline AJ; Scheltens Philip; Teunissen Charlotte E; Wolters Emma
Four subgroups based on tau levels in Alzheimer's disease observed in two independent cohorts
Visser Ppieter Jelle
Ekblad Laura
Wesenhagen Kirsten EJ
Tijms Betty M
van der Flier Wiesje M
Duits Flora H
Willemse Eline AJ
Scheltens Philip
Teunissen Charlotte E
Wolters Emma
BMC
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042823611
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042823611
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BackgroundAs Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology presents decades before dementia manifests, unbiased biomarker cut-points may more closely reflect presence of pathology than clinically defined cut-points. Currently, unbiased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau cut-points are lacking.MethodsWe investigated CSF t-tau and p-tau cut-points across the clinical spectrum using Gaussian mixture modelling, in two independent cohorts (Amsterdam Dementia Cohort and ADNI).ResultsIndividuals with normal cognition (NC) (total n =1111), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (total n =1213) and Alzheimer's disease dementia (AD) (total n =1524) were included. In both cohorts, four CSF t- and p-tau distributions and three corresponding cut-points were identified. Increasingly high tau subgroups were characterized by steeper MMSE decline and higher progression risk to AD (cohort/platform-dependent HR, t-tau 1.9-21.3; p-tau 2.2-9.5).LimitationsThe number of subjects in some subgroups and subanalyses was small, especially in the highest tau subgroup and in tau PET analyses.ConclusionsIn two independent cohorts, t-tau and p-tau levels showed four subgroups. Increasingly high tau subgroups were associated with faster clinical decline, suggesting our approach may aid in more precise prognoses.
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