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Table 3 Distribution of CAA and the proportion of meningeal and meningocortical CAA in the different brain regions

From: No neuropathological evidence for a direct topographical relation between microbleeds and cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Region (total number of CAA)

CAA (%) of the total population

mx_CAA (%)

mx_cx_CAA (%)

Frontal (35)

30.9

18 (51.4)

17 (48.6)

Parietal (32)

28.3

13 (40.6)

19 (59.4)

Occipital (44)

38.9

12 (27.3)

32 (72.3)

  1. Mx_CAA CAA present only in meningeal vessels, mx_cx_CAA CAA present in both meningeal and cortical vessels