Table 1

Demographics and tau CSF marker concentrations for healthy controls, groups split by Duits criteria for likely AD pathology (vs FTLD pathology) and groups split by likely FTLD-tau and FTLD-TDP-43 pathology

Healthy control42<550 µL42>550 µLProbable tau pathologyProbable TDP-43 pathology
N202145718
Male gender
N (% group)
10 (50.0)11 (52.3)34 (75.5)5 (71.4)13 (72.2)
Age at CSF (years)
Mean (SD)
64.2 (6.9)65.8 (6.1)64.1 (6.6)64.8 (8.8)62.3 (5.9)
T-tau pg/mL
Mean (SD)
326.6 (90.8)722.7 (529.1)464.7 (344.1)444.4 (146.4)457.1 (224.6)
P-tau(181) pg/mL
Mean (SD)
51.1 (11.9)72.1 (42.3)51.3 (24.1)53.5 (13.9)47.2 (16.5)
Tau N-123 pg/mL
Mean (SD)
85.8 (115.7)77.4 (77.4)74.0 (82.5)54.9 (53.5)70.6 (87.0)
Tau N-mid-region pg/mL
Mean (SD)
153.4 (63.8)294.7 (179.2)216.7 (132.6)215.4 (71.4)235.1 (123.3)
Tau N-224 pg/mL
Mean (SD)
6.0 (3.4)10.8 (8.2)9.3 (8.2)13.9 (13.1)8.5 (4.7)
Non-phosphorylated tau pg/mL
Mean (SD)
39.4 (17.6)77.2 (53.4)57.0 (35.7)51.4 (20.7)62.5 (32.9)
Tau X-368 pg/mL
Mean (SD)
16.0 (4.1)16.3 (6.3)15.2 (4.8)15.1 (2.9)15.6 (4.1)
  • AD, Alzheimer's disease; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; FTLD, frontotemporal lobar degeneration.