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. 2021 Dec 19;9:198. doi: 10.1186/s40478-021-01301-8

Table 2.

Incidence and rated severity of key neuropathological changes across area deprivation groups

1—least deprived
N = 293
2
N = 209
3
N = 142
4
N = 77
5—most deprived
N = 68
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathological Change
 Thal Amyloid Phase 4 [1, 5] 3 [1, 5] 3 [1, 5] 3 [1, 4] 4 [2, 5]
 Braak Tangle Stage 4 [2, 5] 3 [2, 6] 3 [2, 5] 3 [2, 5] 5 [3, 6]
 CERAD Plaque Score 2 [0, 3] 2 [0, 3] 1 [0, 3] 1 [0, 3] 2 [1, 3]
Lewy Body Disease
 Any LB Disease 94 (32.1%) 63 (30.1%) 35 (24.6%) 19 (24.7%) 22 (32.4%)
 Braak LB Stage 0 [0, 3] 0 [0, 4] 0 [0, 0] 0 [0, 1] 0 [0, 3]
 Amygdala LBs 17 (5.8%) 8 (3.8%) 6 (4.2%) 2 (2.6%) 2 (2.9%)
 Limbic LBs 13 (4.4%) 16 (7.7%) 8 (5.6%) 4 (5.2%) 6 (8.8%)
 Brainstem LBs 6 (2.0%) 2 (1.0%) 4 (2.8%) 1 (1.3%) 0 (0%)
 Neocortical LBs 32 (10.9%) 16 (7.7%) 8 (5.6%) 5 (6.5%) 5 (7.4%)
Cerebrovascular Disease
 Infarct(s) > 10 mm 33 (11.3%) 15 (7.2%) 13 (9.2%)

6

(7.8%)

9 (13.2%)

 Moderate/severe

CAA

86 (29.4%) 66 (31.6%) 38 (26.8%) 23 (29.9%) 27 (39.7%)

 Moderate/Severe

WM Arteriosclerosis

71 (24.2%) 40 (19.1%) 30 (21.1%) 11 (14.3%) 12 (17.6%)
TDP-43 Pathology
 LATE-NC 79 (27.0%) 45 (21.5%) 27 (19.0%) 16 (20.8%) 15 (22.1%)
 FTLD-TDP 2 (0.6%) 4 (2.0%) 1 (0.7%) 3 (3.9%) 1 (1.5%)
 Not Assessed 25 (8.5%) 6 (2.9%) 10 (7.0%) 1 (1.3%) 1 (1.5%)
 Other Findings
 Any FTLD 8 (2.7%) 6 (2.9%) 5 (3.5%) 4 (5.2%) 4 (5.9%)
 Corticobasal Degeneration 2 (0.7%) 2 (1.0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (2.9%)
 Argyrophilic Grain Disease 6 (2.0%) 5 (2.4%) 2 (1.4%) 1 (1.3%) 1 (1.5%)

Median [Interquartile Range] or Count (%)