Changes in the pH value of the human brain in Alzheimer’s disease pathology correlated with CD68-positive microglia: a community-based autopsy study in Beijing, China

Table 1 Demographic and post-mortem characteristics of control and disease groups

Group	Case	Gender Famale: Male	Age Mean ± SD	PMD Mean ± SD	Storage time (month) Mean ± SD	pH Mean ± SD
Control	41	17:24	56.02 ± 16.42	9.79 ± 6.32	60.59 ± 38.45	6.11 ± 0.37
AD	96	55:41	85.29 ± 6.73	12.85 ±13.48	44.45 ± 31.54	5.88 ± 0.25
LBD^a	44	15:29	83.57 ± 11.12	13.89 ± 13.18	50.45 ± 32.49	6.01 ± 0.26
LATE^b	110	33:77	78.98 ± 10.49	11.33 ± 11.22	47.07 ± 29.17	6.00 ± 0.27
PART	89	25:64	78.25 ± 11.46	11.18 ± 10.76	49.07 ± 31.93	6.00 ± 0.29

Abbreviations: PMD, post-mortem delay; AD, Alzheimer’s disease brain pathology; LBD, Lewy body disease brain pathology; LATE, Limbic predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy; PART, Primary age-related tauopathy
a, 12 data missing for LBD group out of the 368 samples
b, 12 data missing for LATE group out of the 368 samples

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