Table 3.
Frontal cortex (N = 105) | Caudate nucleus (N = 105) | Putamen (N = 105) | Amygdala (N = 96) | |||||
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Cases with GFAs | Cases without GFAs | Cases with GFAs | Cases without GFAs | Cases with GFAs | Cases without GFAs | Cases with GFAs | Cases without GFAs | |
N (%) | 36 (34.3) | 69 (65.7) | 35 (33.3) | 70 (66.7) | 39 (37.1) | 66 (62.9) | 43 (44.8) | 53 (55.2) |
Age at death [y, mean ± SD] † | 74.8 ± 11.5 | 69.2 ± 12.2 | 75.7 ± 10.5* | 68.8 ± 12.4 | 77.2 ± 9.6* | 67.5 ± 12.2 | 73.7 ± 10.3 | 69.2 ± 13.5 |
Braak stage [median (25th percentile, 75th percentile)] † | 2 (2, 4) | 2 (1, 5) | 3 (2, 4) | 2 (1, 5) | 3 (2, 4) | 2 (1, 4.75) | 2 (2, 4) | 3 (1, 5) |
Thal phase [median (25th percentile, 75th percentile)] † | 1 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 4) |
AGD stage [median (25th percentile, 75th percentile)] † | 0 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 2)* | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 2)* | 0 (0, 0) | 1 (0, 2)* | 0 (0, 0) |
PSP (N, %) ‡ | 9 (90.0)* | 1 (10.0) | 10 (100.0)* | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0)* | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100.0)* | 0 (0.0) |
CBD (N, %) ‡ | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) |
LBD (N, %) ‡ | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | 9 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | 9 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) |
TDP‐43 pathology (N, %) ‡ | 11 (32.4) | 23 (67.6) | 14 (41.2) | 20 (58.8) | 14 (41.2) | 20 (58.8) | 12 (35.3) | 22 (64.7) |
PART only (N, %) ‡ , § | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) |
Abbreviations: AGD = argyrophilic grain disease; CBD = corticobasal degeneration; GFA = granular/fuzzy astrocyte; LBD = Lewy body disease; PSP = progressive supranuclear palsy; TDP‐43 pathology = all cases having FTLD‐TDP, ALS‐TDP and other TDP‐43‐positive lesions in the limbic system and neocortex are included.
P < 0.01.
Mann–Whitney U test.
Frequency of each lesion was compared using Fisher’s exact test.
PART cases without any other tauopathies and non‐tauopathies. The amygdala was not available in one of these PART cases.