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Table 2 Demographic, clinical and neuropathologic characteristics of postmortem brain donors

From: Different MAPT haplotypes influence expression of total MAPT in postmortem brain tissue

 

Controls

PD

Group-wise comparison

H1/H1

H2/H2

H1/H1

H2/H2

P value

(n = 7)

(n = 5)

(n = 9)

(n = 5)

Sex (female) [n (%)]

4 (57.1)

4 (80.0)

4 (44.4)

3 (60.0)

0.380†

Age at death (y) [mean (SD)]

74.0 (6.8)

81.0 (15.2)

74.2 (3.2)

77.6 (7.2)

0.433#

PMI (h) [mean (SD)]

15.7 (7.5)

25.3 (9.2)

15.9 (5.9)

15.7 (9.1)

0.145#

Age at diagnosis (y) [mean (SD)]

–

–

64.3 (6.5)

68.0 (7.8)

0.415‡

Disease duration (y) [mean (SD)]

–

–

9.0 (7.4)

10.25 (3.4)

0.760‡

Lewy inclusion pathology in ctx-fg

    

0.536*

 None [n (%)]

–

–

1 (11.1

1 (20.0)

 

 Few [n (%)]

–

–

4 (44.4)

3 (60.0)

 

 Moderate [n (%)]

–

–

3 (33.3)

–

 

 Many [n (%)]

–

–

1 (11.1)

1 (20.0)

 

LBD Braak stage

    

0.504*

 1 [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 

 2 [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 

 3 [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 

 4 [n (%)]

–

–

1 (11.1)

1 (16.7)

7

 5 [n (%)]

–

–

2 (22.2)

–

 

 6 [n (%)]

–

–

6 (66.7)

4 (83.3)

 

LBD McKeith stage

    

0.472*

 Neocortical [n (%)]

–

–

5 (55.6)

4 (80.0)

 

 Limbic [n (%)]

–

–

2 (22.2)

–

 

 Brain stem predominant [n (%)]

–

–

1 (11.1)

1 (20.0)

 

AD Braak and Braak stage

    

0.363*

 I [n (%)]

3 (42.9)

3 (75.0)

4 (44.4)

4 (80.0)

 

 II [n (%)]

4 (57.1)

–

4 (44.4)

1 (20.0)

 

 III [n (%)]

–

1 (25.0)

1 (11.1)

–

 

 IV [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 

 V [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 

 VI [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 

CERAD score

    

0.280*

 0 [n (%)]

7 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

8 (88.9)

3 (60.0)

 

 A [n (%)]

–

–

–

2 (40.0)

 

 B [n (%)]

–

–

1 (11.1)

–

 

 C [n (%)]

–

–

–

–

 
  1. The LBD Braak stage and AD Braak and Braak stage consist of six stages, each. The CERAD score describes neuritic Amyloid-ß plaques in levels of 0, A, B, C. Lewy inclusion pathology assessed semi-quantitatively the burden of Lewy neurites and Lewy bodies in the target brain region cortex of fusiform gyrus. For group-wise comparisons of the subgroups, defined by MAPT haplotype and disease status, P values were calculated by: *, Chi-squared test; #, one-way ANOVA; ‡, unpaired Student’s t-test; †, Fisher’s exact test
  2. AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CERAD, The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease; ctx-fg, cortex of fusiform gyrus; LBD, Lewy body disease; PD, Parkinson’s disease; PMI, postmortem interval