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Table 2 Semi-quantitative ratings of p-tau severity, n (%)

From: Cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric correlates of regional tau pathology in autopsy-confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Dorsolateral frontal cortex, n = 360

 None

30 (8.3)

 Mild

103 (28.6)

 Moderate

96 (26.7)

Severe

131 (36.4)

Inferior frontal cortex, n = 352

 None

79 (22.4)

 Mild

122 (34.7)

 Moderate

83 (23.6)

 Severe

68 (19.3)

Superior temporal cortex, n = 358

 None

56 (15.6)

 Mild

93 (26.0)

 Moderate

100 (27.9)

 Severe

109 (30.4)

Inferior parietal cortex, n = 358

 None

87 (24.3)

 Mild

119 (33.2)

 Moderate

63 (17.6)

 Severe

89 (24.9)

CA1-hippocampus, n = 356

 None

72 (20.2)

 Mild

124 (24.8)

 Moderate

63 (17.7)

 Severe

97 (27.2)

CA2-hippocampus, n = 351

 None

102 (29.1)

 Mild

91 (25.9)

 Moderate

86 (24.5)

 Severe

72 (20.5)

CA4-hippocampus, n = 355

 None

93 (26.2)

 Mild

133 (37.5)

 Moderate

57 (16.1)

 Severe

72 (20.3)

Entorhinal cortex, n = 359

 None

38 (10.6)

 Mild

74 (20.6)

 Moderate

94 (26.2)

 Severe

153 (42.6)

Amygdala, n = 358

 None

47 (13.1)

 Mild

74 (20.6)

 Moderate

94 (26.2)

 Severe

153 (42.6)

Locus coeruleus, n = 337

 None

23 (6.8)

 Mild

72 (21.4)

 Moderate

131 (38.9)

 Severe

111 (32.9)

  1. Sample sizes vary due to missing data. Abbreviations: CTE Chronic traumatic encephalopathy