A retrospective study on blood microbiota as a marker for cognitive decline: implications for detecting Alzheimer's disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment in Republic of Korea.

Osong Public Health Res Perspect · 2025 · PMC12066232 · PMID 40122583

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a near-significant trendp =0.088so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, a near-significant trend was observed between the NC and SCD groups (mean difference=–0.279, p =0.088), indicating potential but not definitive sex-related differences.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

However, a trend towards a younger age in the aMCI group compared to the SCD group was observed (mean difference=–6.254, p =0.077), although this did not reach statistical significance.

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