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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2016 Apr 15;43(2):154–166. doi: 10.1111/nan.12323

Table 1.

Demographic features and neuropathology features including National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s association guidelines ‘ABC’ scores of the cases studied. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy cases also include frequency of traumatic incidents (first figure frequency of reported concussions, second figure concussions resulting in loss of consciousness) and sporting career length

Case Age* Duration (years) Trauma (years) Career length Neuropathology A B C
CTE
 A 75 10 10/2 18 CTE, ADNC, HS, TDP-43 A3 B2 C1
 B 70   4 10/1 11 CTE, ADNC, TDP-43 A0 B2 C0
 C 60   6 1/1 26 CTE, HS, TDP-43 A0 B1 C0
 D 65 10 19 CTE, ADNC, HS, TDP-43 A2 B2 C1
 E 70   8 3/0 21 CTE, TDP-43, PART, AGD A0 B1 C0
 F 80 15 F 12 CTE, ADNC, HS, TDP-43 A2 B2 C0
 G 80 40 18 CTE, ADNC, TDP-43 A3 B2 C1
 H 70 11 50/1 17 CTE/PART A0 B2 C0
 I 70   9 10/1 19 CTE, ADNC, TDP-43 A2 B1 C1
 J 60   8 25/1 21 CTE, ADNC, TDP-43 A3 B2 C0
 K 70 26 F 20 CTE A0 B2 C0
ADNC
 A 90   5 ADNC A3 B2 C1
 B 70   3 ADNC/TDP-43 A2 B2 C1
 C 80   5 ADNC/AGD A0 B1 C0
 D 85 12 ADNC/VD A3 B2 C1
 E 90   9 ADNC/TDP-43 A2 B1 C1
 F 70 14 ADNC A1 B2 C1
 G 70   8 ADNC A3 B2 C1
*

Age rounded to nearest 5-year age interval to protect subject identities.

F, Frequent; ADNC, Alzheimer’s disease neuropathologic change; HS, Hippocampal sclerosis; TDP-43, Transactive response (TAR) DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa; PART, Primary age-related tauopathy; AGD, Argyrophilic grain disease; VD, Vascular disease.