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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of randomized subjects at baseline

From: Five-year outcomes after IVIG for mild cognitive impairment due to alzheimer disease

  IVIG
n = 24 (49.0%)
Placebo
n = 25 (51.0%)
  n (%) Mean ± SD n (%) Mean ± SD
Age   72.20 ± 7.91   72.34 ± 7.36
Female 14 (58.3)   14 (56.0)  
Education
 < 12 years 0   0  
 12 years 2 (9.5)   3 (13.6)  
  > 12 to 16 years 9 (42.9)   11 (50.0)  
  > 16 years 10 (47.6)   8 (36.4)  
BMI   25.48 ± 5.44   26.96 ± 4.26
Comorbids
 Asthma/COPD 4 (16.7)   2 (8.0)  
 Diabetes 5 (20.8)   5 (20.0)  
 Hypertension 10 (41.7)   8 (32.0)  
 Hyperlipidemia 13 (54.2)   10 (40.0)  
 CAD/PVD 4 (16.7)   6 (24.0)  
 APOE ε4 15 (62.5)   14 (56.0)  
 Aβ42 < 482 pg/mLa 16 (94.1)   15 (88.2)  
 Aβ42 pg/mLa   294.00 ± 96.55   353.41 ± 112.99
 tau pg/mLa   107.47 ± 58.65   96.18 ± 65.47
 p-tau pg/mLa   43.59 ± 19.90   39.47 ± 30.27
 Ventricular volume (cm3)   53.64 ± 26.84   51.72 ± 22.28
 MMSE   26.75 ± 2.15   26.44 ± 2.60
 ADAS-cog   10.21 ± 4.38   10.28 ± 5.67
 CDR-SB   1.96 ± 0.95   1.60 ± 0.90
MCI Stage
 Early (CDR-SB ≤ 1.0) 6 (25.0)   13 (52.0)  
 Late (CDR-SB > 1.0) 18 (75.0)   12 (48.0)  
  1. ADAS-Cog Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale, β-amyloid, BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, CDR-SB Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IVIG intravenous immunoglobulin, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, PVD peripheral vascular disease
  2. aCSF collected from 34 participants (17 IVIG; 17 placebo) who opted to participate with lumbar puncture