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Relationships between markers of pathology and those of neurodegeneration were not associated with age.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Amyloid beta load as a biomarker of pathology burden was not associated with age at first visit to a memory clinic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Tau burden was higher, and glucose metabolism was lower in younger Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>By contrast, medial temporal lobe atrophy was less severe in younger AD patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Younger AD patients showed more severe memory deficits with respect to age\u2010appropriate normative data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Age had no moderating effect on relationships between different imaging variables or between single imaging variables and 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