Table 3.
Neuropathological characteristics of the study subjects on variables not used in uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) dimensionality reduction method by clusters, National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) data through the March 2020 data freeze (n = 495)
Variable | Cluster 1 (n = 103) | Cluster 2 (n = 71) | Cluster 3 (n = 114) | Cluster 4 (n = 207) |
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TDP-43 pathology, n (%) | ||||
Amygdala | ||||
No | 13 (16.0) | 7 (13.5) | 8 (8.8) | 14 (8.1) |
Yes | 68 (84.0) | 45 (86.5) | 83 (91.2) | 158 (91.9) |
Hippocampus | ||||
No | 8 (8.2) | 5 (7.2) | 15 (13.3) | 48 (23.4) |
Yes | 90 (91.8) | 64 (92.8) | 98 (86.7) | 157 (76.6) |
Neocortex | ||||
No | 21 (23.3) | 42 (70.0) | 86 (80.4) | 156 (83.9) |
Yes | 69 (76.7) | 18 (30.0) | 21 (19.6) | 30 (16.1) |
NIA-AA ADNC (ABC score) | ||||
Not AD | 45 (43.7) | 4 (5.6) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) |
Low ADNC | 56 (54.4) | 10 (14.1) | 5 (4.4) | 3 (1.4) |
Intermediate ADNC | 2 (1.9) | 31 (43.7) | 12 (10.5) | 15 (7.2) |
High ADNC | 0 (0) | 26 (36.6) | 96 (84.2) | 189 (91.3) |
FTLD-TDP, n (%) | ||||
No | 24 (23.3) | 59 (83.1) | 109 (95.6) | 196 (94.7) |
Yes | 79 (76.7) | 12 (16.9) | 5 (4.4) | 11 (5.3) |
Hippocampal sclerosis, n (%) | ||||
No | 68 (66.7) | 41 (57.7) | 69 (62.2) | 139 (67.8) |
Yes | 34 (33.3) | 30 (42.3) | 42 (37.8) | 66 (32.2) |
Whole brain weight (g), mean ± SD | 1079.6 ± 175.8 | 1123.2 ± 201.1 | 1132.5 ± 158.2 | 1130.5 ± 159.7 |
Cerebral cortex atrophy, n (%) | ||||
None | 12 (15.0) | 10 (14.3) | 14 (12.7) | 18 (9.2) |
Mild | 16 (20.0) | 28 (40.0) | 39 (35.5) | 57 (29.2) |
Moderate | 20 (25.0) | 21 (30.0) | 42 (38.2) | 66 (33.8) |
Severe | 32 (40.0) | 11 (15.7) | 15 (13.6) | 54 (27.7) |
Lobar atrophy, n (%) | ||||
None | 25 (29.4) | 50 (72.5) | 86 (78.2) | 150 (77.3) |
Yes | 60 (70.6) | 19 (27.5) | 24 (21.8) | 44 (22.7) |
SD = standard deviation; NIA-AA = National Institute on Aging - Alzheimer’s Association; ADNC = Alzheimer disease neuropathologic change; FTLD-TDP = frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology