Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and biomarker characteristics of the DLB clusters.

From: MRI data-driven clustering reveals different subtypes of Dementia with Lewy bodies

 

C1 (N = 49) Cortical predominant

C2 (N = 76) Fronto-occipital predominant

C3 (N = 40) Subcortical predominant

statistic (p-value)

post-hoc

Number of subjects with available data

Age, mean (SD)

73.43 (8.02)

69.05(7.52)

63.68(8.23)

17.048 (<0.001)

C1 > C2

C1 > C3

C2 > C3

C1:49

C2:76

C3:40

Years of education, mean (SD)

15.02(3.61)

13.24(3.90)

12.60 (3.80)

5.117 (0.007)

C1 > C2

C1 > C3

C1:49

C2:76

C3:40

MMSE, mean (SD)

21.57(5.49)

22.93(5.27)

24.50(4.38)

3.579 (0.030)

C3 > C1

C1:49

C2:75

C3:40

Sex, male/female (male %)

35/14 (71%)

60/16 (79%)

24/16 (60%)

4.696 (0.096)

 

C1:49

C2:76

C3:40

Disease duration (years), mean (SD)

5.11 (3.63)

5.09 (3.46)

7.25 (6.00)

2.961 (0.056)

 

C1:32

C2:59

C3:32

Visual hallucinations (presence/absence)

31/16 (66%)

39/36 (52%)

19/21 (48%)

3.461 (0.177)

 

C1:47

C2:75

C3:40

Cognitive fluctuations (presence/absence)

32/13 (71%)

63/11 (85%)

36/2 (95%)

8.614(0.013)

C3 > C1

C1:45

C2:74

C3:38

Probable RBD (presence/absence)

35/10 (78%)

57/13 (81%)

25/10 (71%)

1.362 (0.506)

 

C1:45

C2:70

C3:35

Parkinsonism (presence/absence)

43/4 (94%)

68/8 (90%)

31/9 (78%)

4.473(0.107)

 

C1:47

C2:76

C3:40

APOE genotype, ε4 carriers (presence/absence)

18/31 (37%)

38/34 (53%)

13/25 (34%)

4.770(0.092)

 

C1:49

C2:72

C3:38

AD co-pathology (presence)

7%

15%

6%

2.352 (0.309)

 

C1:29

C2:60

C3:33

White matter hyperintensities, mean (SD)

21.37 (15.41)

14.55 (13.13)

12.43(7.96)

6.230 (0.002)

C1 > C2

C1 > C3

C1:49

C2:76

C3:40

Center of origin (Mayo Clinic/ Prague/ Strasbourg/ Amsterdam)

28/14/4/3

26/12/15/23

14/3/15/8

27.800 (p < 0.001)

C1 vs C3

C1 vs C2

C1:49

C2:76

C3:40

  1. AD Alzheimer’s disease, C Cluster, CI Confidence Interval, DLB Dementia with Lewy bodies, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, RBD Rapid-eye movement behavior disorder, SD Standard deviation, One-way ANOVA was used for continuous variables, and the chi-squared test for categorical variables.