Extended Data Fig. 3. Neuropathological validation.
Array of violin plots with integrated boxplots, delineating the model-predicted probabilities for different neuropathological grades across AD, VD and FTD etiologies. A one-sided Mann-Whitney U test was performed on data from FHS, NACC and ADNI, each denoted by unique markers. AD probabilities, P(AD), were compared against three key AD pathological markers with progressive stages: a, Thal phases of Aβ plaques (N = 135, U = 282.5, p = 7.11e − 05), b, Braak stages of neurofibrillary degeneration (N = 249, U = 571.5, p = 6.07e − 06), and c, Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease density scores of neocortical neuritic plaques (N = 278, U = 3916.5, p = 1.73e − 06). We further evaluated P(AD) against d, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (N = 274, U = 6938.5, p = 0.01) and e, arteriolosclerosis (N = 238, U = 2607.0, p = 0.01), both of which are common pathological findings in AD confirmed postmortem cases. Significant differences were also observed in model predicted probabilities for VD between cases with and without f, arteriolosclerosis (N = 230, U = 2085.5, p = 0.0002) and g, old microinfarcts (N = 178, U = 2289.5, p = 0.0001). h, Finally, model predicted probabilities for FTD differed significantly between cases with and without TDP-43 pathology (N = 136, U = 252.0, p = 0.0008). Table S13 also details these statistical results. No correction for multiple comparisons was performed and significance levels are illustrated as: * for p < 0.05; ** for p < 0.01; *** for p < 0.001; and **** for p < 0.0001. Each boxplot includes a box presenting the median value and interquartile range (IQR), with whiskers extending from the box to the maxima and minima no further than a distance of 1.5 times the IQR.