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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of donors included in this study

From: Multi-platform quantitation of alpha-synuclein human brain proteoforms suggests disease-specific biochemical profiles of synucleinopathies

 

Controls

PSP

AD

PD

PDD

DLB

MSA

Number

5

2

3

5

5

5

3

Age of death (mean ± SD)

80 ± 7

75 ± 2

80 ± 3

81 ± 6

81 ± 7

83 ± 4

66 ± 6*

M/F

2/3

2/0

0/3

3/2

4/1

4/1

1/2

Age of onset (mean ± SD)

n.a

68 ± 2

70 ± 4

70 ± 7

70 ± 6

75 ± 4

58 ± 5

Disease duration (mean ± SD)

n.a

6 ± 4

10 ± 7

11 ± 5

10 ± 3

9 ± 4

8 ± 3

Time to onset dementia (mean ± SD)

n.a

n.a

0

n.a

6 ± 2

0 ± 1

n.a

Postmortem delay in hours; median (range)

7 (6.4–7.6)

7.5 (5.3–9.8)

4.9 (4.0–6.1)

6.3 (5.2–7.4)

5.4 (4.0–7.1)

4.5 (4.0–6.0)

6.3 (4.9–6.8)

Braak NFT stage (median & range)

2 (1–3)

1 (1)

6 (5–6)

2 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (0–3)

0 (0–1)

CERAD Amyloid Plaque score (median and range)

A (O-B)

A(A-B)

C (C)

O (O-A)

A (O-B)

B (O-B)

A (O-B)

Thal phase for Amyloid [93] (median & range)

1 (0–2)

1 (1)

4 (4–5)

0 (0–2)

2 (0–3)

3 (0–4)

1 (0–2)

Braak LB stage (median and range)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (4–6)

6 (4–6)

6 (6)

0 (0)

Brain regions analyzed

HIP, PUT, SN

HIP, PUT, SN

HIP, PUT

HIP, PUT, SN

HIP, PUT, SN

HIP, PUT, SN

HIP, PUT, SN

  1. Pearson chi-square test was performed for comparisons between diagnostic groups; * p ≤ 0.05
  2. CERAD Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease, M male, F female, NFT neurofibrillary tangles, LB Lewy body, PSP progressive supranuclear palsy, AD Alzheimer’s disease, PD Parkinson’s disease, PDD Parkinson’s disease with dementia, DLB dementia with Lewy bodies, MSA multiple system atrophy, SD standard deviation, n.a. not applicable, HIP hippocampus, PUT putamen, SN substantia nigra