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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Jul 14;53(4):1641–1652. doi: 10.3233/JAD-160365

Table 1.

Demographic and neuropathological characteristics by presence or absence of diffuse and neuritic plaques

DPs Present DPs Absent NPs Present NPs Absent NPs and DPs Present NPs and DPs Absent
N 79 44 77 46 72 39
Gender (M/F) 36/43 27/17 33/44 30/16 31/41 25/14
APOE ε4 (carrier/non-carrier) 17/61 4/40 18/59 3/42 17/55 3/36
Age at Death (y) 85.74±5.09 80.58±6.46 85.51±5.23 81.19±6.58 85.71±5.24 80.21±6.50
Education (y) 18.29±3.27 18.30±4.13 18.23±3.40 18.39±3.92 18.33±3.31 18.36±4.04
MMSE 28.19±1.33 28.48±1.42 28.22±1.34 28.41±1.41 28.26±1.30 28.46±1.36
PMI (h) 7.61±8.37 7.55±5.31 7.35±8.44 7.97±5.29 7.58±8.80 7.81±5.45
Brain Weight (g) 1,230.71±145.69 1,251.14±156.03 1,227.37±152.04 1,255.87±143.94 1,224.55±148.58 1,254.97±153.10
LCA and Death (y) 0.77±0.93 0.66±0.44 0.76±0.95 0.68±0.43 0.81±0.98 0.68±0.45
Braak Stage
 0 1 2 0 3 0 2
 I 8 12 6 14 5 12
 II 14 8 12 10 12 8
 III 22 13 23 12 21 11
 IV 29 9 31 7 27 6
 V 5 0 5 0 5 0

DPs, diffuse plaques; LCA, Last clinical assessment; NPs, neuritic plaques; PMI, postmortem interval.