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NeuroDataSets (version 0.3.0)

AD_biomarkers_tbl_df: Alzheimer's Biomarkers

Description

This dataset, AD_biomarkers_tbl_df, is a tibble containing clinical data from 333 patients in a study of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers. The study included patients with mild cognitive impairment and healthy controls, with measurements of demographic characteristics, apolipoprotein E genotype, protein biomarkers (including Abeta, Tau, and pTau), and clinical dementia scores.

Usage

data(AD_biomarkers_tbl_df)

Arguments

Format

A tibble with 333 observations and 131 variables:

age

Numeric: Patient age

male

Numeric: Indicator for male gender (1 = male, 0 = female)

Genotype

Factor: Apolipoprotein E genotype

Class

Factor: Clinical classification (e.g., healthy, impaired)

Ab_42

Numeric: Amyloid-beta 42 protein measurement

tau

Numeric: Tau protein measurement

p_tau

Numeric: Phosphorylated Tau protein measurement

[131 additional biomarker variables]

Numeric measurements of various proteins and biomarkers

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'AD_biomarkers_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the NeuroDataSets package. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble. The original content has not been modified.