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Table 3 Braak, Thal, and ApoE status of forty contact sport athletes with post mortem diagnosis of CTE

From: Tau pathology in the medial temporal lobe of athletes with chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium study

CTE stage

ApoE ε/ε a

% b

Braak stages

%

Thal phases

%

II

0 ε2/ε3

(0)

6 0

(55)

9 0

(82)

9 ε3/ε3

(82)

4 I-II

(36)

2 1–3

(18)

2 ε3/ε4

(18)

1 III-IV

(9)

0 4–5

(0)

3 nac

 

0  V-VI

(0)

3 na

 
  

3 na

   

III

1 ε2/ε3

(25)

2 0

(15)

7 0

(54)

2 ε3/ε3

(50)

2 I-II

(15)

4 1–3

(31)

1 ε3/ε4

(25)

7 III-IV

(54)

2 4–5

(15)

9 na

 

2 V-VI

(15)

0 na

 
  

0 na

   

IV

0 ε2/ε3

(0)

0 0

(0)

0 0

(0)

6 ε3/ε3

(60)

0 I-II

(0)

5 1–3

(56)

4 ε3/ε4

(40)

9 III-IV

(100)

4 4–5

(44)

3 na

 

0 V-VI

(0)

4 na

 
  

4 na

   
  1. aapolipoprotein E allele genotype
  2. bpercentage of cases with data
  3. cnot available