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Table 1 Subject characteristics according to APOE genotype

From: Impact of APOE on amyloid and tau accumulation in argyrophilic grain disease and Alzheimer’s disease

Variable

APOE2 (N = 45)

APOE3 (N = 156)

APOE4 (N = 152)

P-value

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of patients

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of patients

N

Median (minimum, maximum) or No. (%) of patients

Age at death (years)

45

89 (69, 101)

156

89 (59, 100)

152

84 (54, 103)

 < 0.001

Sex (Male)

45

19 (42.2%)

156

71 (45.5%)

152

84 (55.3%)

0.14

MMSE score

19

25 (17, 29)

83

27 (18, 30)

31

27 (18, 29)

0.083

Braak stage

45

 

154

 

148

 

 < 0.001

 0

 

0 (0.0%)

 

4 (2.6%)

 

2 (1.4%)

 

 1

 

5 (11.1%)

 

17 (11.0%)

 

6 (4.1%)

 

 2

 

13 (28.9%)

 

40 (26.0%)

 

8 (5.4%)

 

 3

 

11 (24.4%)

 

32 (20.8%)

 

12 (8.1%)

 

 4

 

6 (13.3%)

 

34 (22.1%)

 

24 (16.2%)

 

 5

 

4 (8.9%)

 

21 (13.6%)

 

38 (25.7%)

 

 6

 

6 (13.3%)

 

6 (3.9%)

 

58 (39.2%)

 

Thal phase

28

 

105

 

59

 

 < 0.001

 0

 

9 (32.1%)

 

22 (21.0%)

 

5 (8.5%)

 

 1

 

5 (17.9%)

 

26 (24.8%)

 

3 (5.1%)

 

 2

 

2 (7.1%)

 

12 (11.4%)

 

5 (8.5%)

 

 3

 

6 (21.4%)

 

30 (28.6%)

 

10 (16.9%)

 

 4

 

2 (7.1%)

 

5 (4.8%)

 

6 (10.2%)

 

 5

 

4 (14.3%)

 

10 (9.5%)

 

30 (50.8%)

 

VaD

45

20 (44.4%)

156

62 (39.7%)

152

41 (27.0%)

0.019

CAA

45

5 (11.1%)

156

6 (3.8%)

152

13 (8.6%)

0.088

TDP-43

45

2 (4.4%)

156

6 (3.8%)

152

19 (12.5%)

0.012

Synuclein

45

9 (20.0%)

156

25 (16.0%)

152

50 (32.9%)

0.002

  1. P-values result from a Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test (continuous and ordinal variables) or Fisher’s exact test (categorical variables)