Supplementary Material for: Multifactorial Analysis of a Biomarker Pool for Alzheimer Disease Risk in a North Indian Population Talwar P. Grover S. Sinha J. Chandna P. Agarwal R. Kushwaha S. Kukreti R. 10.6084/m9.figshare.5121898.v1 https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Multifactorial_Analysis_of_a_Biomarker_Pool_for_Alzheimer_Disease_Risk_in_a_North_Indian_Population/5121898 <p><b><i>Background:</i></b> Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with a complex multifactorial etiology. Here, we aim to identify a biomarker pool comprised of genetic variants and blood biomarkers as predictor of AD risk. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We performed a case-control study involving 108 cases and 159 non-demented healthy controls to examine the association of multiple biomarkers with AD risk. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The <i>APOE</i> genotyping revealed that ε4 allele frequency was significantly high (<i>p</i> value = 0.0001, OR = 2.66, 95% CI 1.58-4.46) in AD as compared to controls, whereas ε2 (<i>p</i> = 0.0430, OR = 0.29, CI 0.07-1.10) was overrepresented in controls. In biochemical assays, significant differences in levels of total copper, free copper, zinc, copper/zinc ratio, iron, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), leptin, and albumin were also observed. The AD risk score (ADRS) as a linear combination of 6 candidate markers involving age, education status, <i>APOE</i> ε4 allele, levels of iron, Cu/Zn ratio, and EGFR was created using stepwise linear discriminant analysis. The area under the ROC curve of the ADRS panel for predicting AD risk was significantly high (AUC = 0.84, <i>p</i> < 0.0001, 95% CI 0.78-0.89, sensitivity = 70.0%, specificity = 83.8%) compared to individual parameters. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> These findings support the multifactorial etiology of AD and demonstrate the ability of a panel involving 6 biomarkers to discriminate AD cases from non-demented healthy controls.</p> 2017-06-20 09:18:45 Alzheimer disease Apolipoprotein E Serum Plasma Case-control study Biomarker