| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913342 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 2014 | 11 Pages |
•We assessed the clinical importance of CSF Aβ42 in MCI, AD and non-AD dementias.•We found that Aβ42 was significantly lower in AD compared to MCI, FTD, PDD and VaD.•Despite the debate, Aβ42 was indeed moderately lower in AD compared to DLB.•Aβ42 was significantly lower in AD than in PD (with or without dementia).•This meta-analysis implies that CSF Aβ42 is a good biomarker for discriminating AD.
Mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) is usually difficult to differentiate from other dementias or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The aim of our study is to evaluate the clinical importance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) β-amyloid 42 (Aβ42) in MCI, AD and other dementias, more specifically: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Parkinson's disease (PD) with dementia (PDD) and vascular dementia (VaD). Fifty eligible articles were identified by search of databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Elsevier, Springer Link and the Cochrane Library, from January 1990 to May 2014. The random effects model was used to calculate the standardized mean difference (SMD) with corresponding 95% CI by STATA 9.0 software. The subgroup analyses were made on the method (ELISA, xMAP). We found that CSF Aβ42 concentrations were significantly lower in AD compared to MCI (SMD: − 0.68, 95% CI: [− 0.80, − 0.56], z = 11.34, P < 0.001), FTD (SMD: − 1.09, 95% CI: [− 1.41, − 0.76], z = 6.62, P < 0.001), PDD (SMD: − 0.75, 95% CI: [− 1.39, − 0.10], z = 2.27, P = 0.023), VaD (SMD: − 0.95, 95% CI: [− 1.30, − 0.61], z = 5.43, P < 0.001). In addition, compared to DLB, Aβ42 concentrations are moderately lower in AD (SMD: − 0.27, 95% CI: [− 0.51, − 0.03], z = 2.20, P = 0.028). Results from this meta-analysis hinted that CSF Aβ42 is a good biomarker for discriminating Alzheimer's disease from other dementias and MCI.
