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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Downstream effects of polypathology on neurodegeneration of medial temporal lobe subregions

 

Full dataset

A-subset

Number of specimens

58

35

Sex (% male)

60.3

57.1

Age (years) Median (range)

75.0 (44–97) years

73.0 (44–93) years

Mean ± SD

74.7 ± 11.3 years

72.0 ± 10.7 years

MTL Tau score

Mean ± SD (range)

1.64 ± 0.93 (0–3)

1.34 ± 0.96 (0–3)

% score > 0 (N)

96.6% (56)

94.3% (33)

MTL TDP-43 score

Mean ± SD (range)

0.47 ± 0.91 (0–3)

0.52 ± 0.99 (0–3)

% score > 0 (N)

27.6% (16)

25.7% (9)

MTL amyloid-β scores

Mean ± SD (range)

0.92 ± 0.99 (0–3)

0.31 ± 0.59 (0–3)

% score > 0 (N)

63.8% (37)

40.0% (14)

MTL α-synuclein score

Mean ± SD (range)

0.21 ± 0.54 (0–2.33)

0.08 ± 0.30 (0–1.67)

% score > 0 (N)

17.2% (10)

8.6% (3)

Primary neuropathological diagnosis

None/limited pathologya

20.7% (8)

31.4% (7)

Intermediate-high ADNC

25.9% (15)

0% (0)

CBD

5.2% (3)

8.6% (3)

FTLD-TDP

13.8% (8)

20.0% (7)

LBD

8.6% (5)

2.9% (1)

Otherb

13.8% (7)

17.1% (6)

PART

8.6% (5)

14.3% (5)

Pick’s disease

5.2% (3)

8.6% (3)

PSP

6.9% (4)

8.6% (3)

Two or more neuropathological diagnoses

70.7% (41)

65.7% (23)

A score

0

25.9% (15)

42.9% (15)

1

34.5% (20)

57.1% (20)

2

8.6% (5)

0.0% (0)

3

31.0% (18)

0.0% (0)

B score

0

22.4% (13)

37.1% (13)

1

29.0% (18)

42.9% (15)

2

20.0% (11)

14.3% (5)

3

21.0% (13)

0.0% (0)

Missing

11.3% (3)b

5.7% (2)b

C score

0

55.% (32)

82.9 (29)

1

17.2% (10)

17.1% (6)

2

3.4% (2)

0.0% (0)

3

24.1% (14)

0.0% (0)

  1. The MTL pathology scores shown in the table are the averages of the semi-quantitative ratings in the entorhinal cortex, cornu ammonis 1 and dentate gyrus from the hemisphere contralateral to the MRI scan
  2. MTL medial temporal lobe, TDP TAR DNA-binding protein, ADNC Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological change, CBD corticobasal degeneration, FTLD frontotemporal lobar degeneration, LBD Lewy body disease, PART primary age-related tauopathy, PSP progressive supranuclear palsy. aAlso includes patients with low ADNC. bB score was difficult to establish for some cases because they had primary tauopathies. b”Other” includes the following primary neuropathological diagnoses: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (n = 1); Argyrophylic Grain Disease (n = 2); cerebrovascular disease (n = 1); multiple system atrophy (n = 1); other (n = 1); tauopathy unclassifiable (n = 1)