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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Methylation differences in Alzheimer’s disease neuropathologic change in the aged human brain

Demographics

AD neuropathologies

Copathologies

Sex

AD severity score

Braak lewy body staging

 

Male

12 (25.53%)

 

Not

2 (4.26%)

 

0

31 (65.96%)

 

Female

35 (74.47%)

 

Low

2 (4.26%)

 

1

4 (8.51%)

Age at death

 

Intermediate

15 (31.91%)

 

2

1 (2.13%)

 

Mean (SD)

97 (± 3.5)

 

High

28 (59.57%)

 

3

3 (6.38%)

Education

NIA-AA A score

 

4

0 (0.0%)

 

Not college

21 (44.68%)

 

0

2 (4.26%)

 

5

2 (4.26%)

 

Minimum college

26 (55.32%)

 

1

4 (8.51%)

 

6

6 (12.77%)

Clinical diagnosis

 

2

6 (12.77%)

TDP-43

 

Normal

19 (40.43%)

 

3

35 (74.47%)

 

0

29 (61.70%)

 

CIND

15 (31.91%)

NIA-AA B score

 

1

4 (8.51%)

 

Dementia

13 (27.66%)

 

2

17 (36.17%)

 

2

12 (25.53%)

APOE genotype

3

30 (63.83%)

 

3

2 (4.26%)

 

2,3

5 (10.94%)

NIA-AA C score

MVL burden

 

2,4

3 (6.38%)

 

0

3 (6.38%)

 

0

38 (80.85%)

 

3,3

24 (51.06%)

 

1

4 (8.51%)

 

1

5 (10.64%)

 

3,4

5 (10.64%)

 

2

8 (17.02%)

 

2

1 (2.13%)

 

Missing

10 (21.3%)

 

3

32 (68.09%)

 

3

3 (6.38%)

  1. Demographics and results of the neuropathological and clinical assessment of all individuals. Categorical variables are displayed as full numbers with percentage (%), continuous variables are displayed as mean with standard deviation (SD). Abbreviations: AD Alzheimer’s Disease, CIND cognitive impairment, no dementia, NIA-AA National Institute of Aging Alzheimer’s Association, APOE Apolipoprotein E, TDP-43 TAR DNA-binding protein 43, MVL microvascular lesions