Table 2:
Cluster | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample Size (n) | 164 | 11 | 28 | 19 | |
Age at Death (S.E.M) | 84.7 (1.0) | 72.5 (3.3) | 82.4 (2.2) | 84.7 (2.5) | <0.001*a,e |
Gender m/f (%male) | 89/73 (54.9%) | 10/1 (83.3%) | 19/9 (67.9%) | 13/6 (68.4%) | 0.062 |
Pathology Group (n) | <0.001 | ||||
No CTE/No AD | 65 (39.6%) | 4 (36.4%) | 6 (21.4%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
AD | 66 (40.2%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (42.9%) | 12 (63.2%) | <0.05*a,e |
CTE | 24 (14.6%) | 5 (45.5%) | 2 (7.1%) | 2 (10.5%) | <0.05*a,d |
CTE & AD | 9 (5.5%) | 2 (18.2%) | 8 (28.6%) | 3 (15.8%) | <0.05*b |
RHI y/n (%) | 42/79 (34.7%) | 10/0 (100%) | 12/7 (63.2%) | 8/4 (66.7%) | <0.001*a |
Exposure years | 5.4 (0.8) | 16.7 (2.0) | 7.6 (1.8) | 7.9 (0.7) | |
LBD y/n (%) | 52/112 (31.7%) | 3/8 (27.3%) | 12/16 (42.9%) | 4/15 (21.1%) | 0.443 |
CTE y/n (%) | 33/131 (20.1%) | 7/4 (63.6%) | 10/18 (35.7%) | 5/13 (26.3%) | <0.001*a |
Stage I | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) | |
Stage II | 3 (9.1%) | 2 (28.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
Stage III | 16 (48.5%) | 2 (28.6%) | 2 (20%) | 1 (20%) | |
Stage IV | 13 (39.4%) | 3 (42.9%) | 7 (70%) | 4 (80%) | |
Dementia | 99/54 (64.7%) | 8/3 (72.7%) | 21/6 (77.8%) | 16/3 (84.2%) | 0.224 |
Participants with complete CAA data in all brain regions were used in hierarchical clustering analysis (n=222). Values are presented as mean (S.E.M.) years for age at death and contact sports exposure; mean yeas of exposure are for subjects with sports exposure >0; AD: Alzheimer disease; CTE: chronic traumatic encephalopathŷ LBD: Lewy body disease; RHI, repetitive head impacts;
χ2 test for proportions,
p<0.05 for comparison between clusters 1 and 2,
p<0.05 for comparison between clusters 1 and 3,
p<0.05 for comparison between 1 and 4,
p<0.05 for comparison between clusters 2 and 3,
p<0.05 for comparison between clusters 2 and 4.