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Table 2 APOE genotypes and allele frequencies by pathologically defined groups

From: Assessment of genetic risk for improved clinical-neuropathological correlations

 

N (%)

APOE genotype frequency

ε4 allele frequency

2/2

2/3

2/4

3/3

3/4

4/4

Control

1 (1)

25 (14)

7 (4)

119 (67)

24 (14)

1 (1)

33 (9)

FTD

0 (0)

7 (11)

1 (2)

37 (58)

19 (30)

0 (0)

20 (16)†

DLB

0 (0)

8 (14)

4 (7)

28 (50)

16 (29)

0 (0)

20 (18)*†

AD + DLB

2 (0)

11 (2)

5 (1)

136 (31)

224 (51)

64 (14)

357 (40)*

AD

0 (0)

52 (3)

51 (3)

594 (33)

829 (46)

273 (15)

1426 (40)*

AD + MTLS

0 (0)

8 (5)

5 (3)

58 (33)

83 (47)

21 (12)

130 (37)*

  1. APOE ε4 allele frequency was different between pathologically defined groups (overall χ2 = 174.5, p < .001). FDR adjusted p < .05 for differences from *Control, †All AD groups (AD, AD + DLB, and AD + MTLS) based on pairwise Chi squared tests
  2. Abbreviations: DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; FTD, frontotemporal lobar degeneration; MTLS, medial temporal lobe sclerosis; APOE, apolipoprotein E