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Table 2 Associations between TDP-43 and Alzheimer’s disease pathologies using binary logistic regression (n = 929)

From: Dichotomous scoring of TDP-43 proteinopathy from specific brain regions in 27 academic research centers: associations with Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease pathologies

Region

OR (95% CI)a

P-value

Diffuse plaques (moderate + frequent vs. no + sparse)

 Amygdala

3.34 (1.47–8.99)

0.0079

 Hippocampus

1.45 (0.81–2.71)

0.23

 EC/inferior TCTX

2.61 (1.20–6.53)

0.025

 Frontal neocortex

2.30 (0.63–14.93)

0.28

Neuritic plaques (moderate + frequent vs. no + sparse)

 Amygdala

2.84 (1.57–5.44)

9.1 × 10 − 4

 Hippocampus

2.56 (1.58–4.29)

2.2 × 10 − 4

 EC/inferior TCTX

4.04 (2.11–8.43)

6.6 × 10 − 5

 Frontal neocortex

1.88 (0.71–5.92)

0.23

Thal Aβ phase (phase 4 + 5 vs. phase 0 to 3)

 Amygdala

2.78 (1.56–5.21)

8.5 × 10 − 4

 Hippocampus

2.34 (1.44–3.93)

8.5 × 10 − 4

 EC/inferior TCTX

2.52 (1.41–4.77)

0.0029

 Frontal neocortex

1.42 (0.53–4.50)

0.51

Braak NFT stage (stage V + VI vs. stage 0 to IV)

 Amygdala

3.38 (1.99–5.95)

1.3 × 10 − 5

 Hippocampus

2.90 (1.86–4.63)

4.2 × 10 − 6

 EC/inferior TCTX

3.15 (1.86–5.53)

3.4 × 10 − 5

 Frontal neocortex

1.22 (0.52–3.06)

0.66

  1. aOdds ratios were adjusted for sex, age at death, APOE genotype, and the type of TDP-43 antibody
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, EC entorhinal cortex, TCTX temporal cortex, NFT neurofibrillary tangle
  3. Bold p-value represents the statistical significance