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. 2021 Feb 12;43(1):225–237. doi: 10.1007/s11357-021-00329-x

Table 1.

Age, education, alcohol consumption, and clinical and neuropathological characteristics of the groups

Variable Parameters G50 (n=5) G60 (n=6) G70 (n=4)
Sex (%) Female 2 (40) 2 (33) 3 (75)
Male 3 (60) 4 (67) 1 (25)
Prob. R 94.2 70.6 70.8
Education in years Median 4 4 6
Mean (SE) 4.8 (1.50) 4.17 (1.22) 5 (1.91)
Prob. R 100 75 100
Alcohol abuse (%) Never 2 (40) 3 (50) 2 (50)
Other 3 (60) 3 (50) 2 (50)
Prob. R 100 100 100
Tobacco abuse (%) Never 0 (0) 3 (50) 2 (50)
Other 5 (100) 3 (50) 2 (50)
Prob. R 54.9 44.3 54.6
Postmortem interval in hours Median 15:36 14:38 15:00
Mean (SE) 14:33 (1:28) 14:58 (2:04) 12:18 (4:25)
Prob. R 100 100 100
AGD (%) Yes 1 (20) 1 (17) 3 (75)
No 4 (80) 5 (83) 1 (25)
Prob. R 100 100 0.12
CERAD (%) 0 4 (80) 5 (83) 3 (75)
(A, B, C) 1 (20) 1 (17) 1 (25)
Prob. R 100 100 100
NPI (%) Median 5.05 8.35 3.79
Mean (SE) 4 (2.26) 7.83 (3.41) 2.5 (1.89)
Prob. R 100 100 66.7
Braak (%)* I 1 (20) 0 (0) 0 (0)
II 4 (80) 4 (67) 3 (75)
III 0 (0) 2 (33) 1 (25)

ssn sample size; n frequency; postmortem interval the time interval between death and autopsy and consequent brain collection. Family members (or care taker informed) on education (in number of years), alcoholism (alcohol consumption (yes, no, and stopped) and frequency (social or alcoholism)) and smoking (use of tobacco (yes, no, or stopped))

*Homogeneity test was applied with LRT stat of 2.07 and p value of 0.72