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Table 1 Select demographics, select clinical comorbidities, and APOE e4 genotype status distribution of the study participants, divided by Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathologic Change (ADNC) (n = 131)

From: Machine learning quantification of Amyloid-β deposits in the temporal lobe of 131 brain bank cases

 

No/Not ADNC (n = 16)

Low ADNC (n = 30)

Intermediate ADNC

(n = 23)

High ADNC (n = 62)

P value

Demographic/Clinical data

Age at death (years), mean (SD)

85.9 (10.2)

86.9 (8.0)

86.7 (6.5)

84.0 (7.9)

0.31£

Education attainment (years), mean (SD)

14.3 (4.0)

12.9

15.5 (3.6)

14.8 (3.5)

0.063£

Gender, (% female), N (%)

7 (43.8%)

16 (53.3%)

12 (52.2%)

29 (46.7%)

0.89†

Race / Ethnicity, N (%)

 African American

2 (12.5%)

9 (30%)

0 (0%)

7 (11.3%)

0.034§

 Asian

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (13%)

3 (4.8%)

 Hispanic

2 (12.5%)

4 (13.3%)

2 (8.7%)

4 (6.5%)

 Non-Hispanic White

12 (75%)

17 (56.7%)

18 (78.3%)

48 (77.4%)

APOE e4, Positive, N (%)

4 (26.7%)

4 (14.3%)

5 (22.7%)

36 (63.2%)

< 0.001§

Diabetes, N (%)

5 (31.2%)

13 (43.3%)

5 (21.7%)

10 (16.1%)

0.040

Hypertension, N (%)

14 (87.5%)

26 (86.7%)

20 (87.0%)

46 (74.2%)

0.386

Hyperlipidemia, N (%)

13 (81.2%)

23 (76.7%)

15 (65.2%)

45 (72.6%)

0.721

Most Recent Assessment, N (%)

 Not Demented

6 (37.5%)

13 (44.8%)

3 (13%)

1 (1.6%)

< 0.001§

 Demented

6 (37.5%)

11 (37.9%)

16 (69.6%)

58 (93.5%)

 Mild Cognitive Impairment

4 (25%)

5 (17.2%)

4 (17.4%)

3 (4.8%)

Thal Amyloid Phase

 A0 (Thal Phase 0)

16 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

< 0.001§

 A1 (Thal Phase 1 or 2)

0 (0%)

26 (86.7%)

2 (8.7%)

0 (0%)

 A2 (Thal Phase 3), N (%)

0 (0%)

2 (6.7%)

11 (47.8%)

0 (0%)

 A3 (Thal Phase 4 or 5), N (%)

0 (0%)

2 (6.7%)

10 (43.5%)

62 (100%)

Braak NFT stage

 B0 (Braak Stage 0), N (%)

2 (12.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

< 0.001§

 B1 (Braak Stage I or II), N (%)

9 (56.3%)

18 (60%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 B2 (Braak Stage III or IV), N (%)

5 (31.3%)

12 (40%)

19 (82.6%)

0 (0%)

 B3 (Braak Stage V or VI), N (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (17.4%)

62 (100%)

CERAD score for density of neocortical neuritic plaques

 C0 (No neuritic plaques)

16 (100%)

10 (33.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

< 0.001§

 C1 (Sparse neuritic plaques)

0 (0%)

17 (56.7%)

3 (13.0%)

0 (0%)

 C2 (moderate neuritic plaques)

0 (0%)

3 (10%)

11 (47.8%)

14 (22.6%)

 C3 (frequent neuritic plaques)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

9 (39.1%)

48 (77.4%)

  1. AD, Alzheimer disease; APOE e4, Apolipoprotein E4
  2. £ ANOVA
  3. † Chi-square test
  4. § Fisher exact test