Table 3 Correlation of microglial morphological features with pan-Aβ, Aβ42 and ptau.

From: Microglial morphology in Alzheimer’s disease and after Aβ immunotherapy

 

Pan-Aβ

Aβ42

ptau

 

Pan-Aβ

Aβ42

ptau

Cell body volume (μm3)

Ctrl

rs = − 0.333

P = 0.751

rs = − 0.188

P = 0.938

rs = − 0.433

P = 0.607

Average primary process straightness

Ctrl

rs = 0.430

P = 0.607

rs = 0.370

P = 0.676

rs = − 0.061

P = 1.000

AD

rs = − 0.224

P = 0.761

rs = − 0.167

P = 0.877

rs = 0.018

P = 0.979

AD

rs = 0.139

P = 0.892

rs = − 0.283

P = 0.705

rs = 0.152

P = 0.871

iAD

rs = 0.165

P = 0.919

rs = − 0.021

P = 0.982

rs = − 0.036

P = 1.000

iAD

rs = − 0.165

P = 0.919

rs = 0.146

P = 0.905

rs = − 0.036

P = 1.000

Cell body sphericity

Ctrl

rs = 0.055

P = 0.984

rs = 0.079

P = 0.973

rs = 0.006

P = 0.987

Number of primary processes

Ctrl

rs = − 0.055

P = 0.984

rs = 0.115

P = 0.980

rs = − 0.043

P = 0.987

AD

rs = 0.588

P = 0.263

rs = 0.017

P = 0.980

rs = 0.673

P = 0.139

AD

rs = − 0.455

P = 0.427

rs = − 0.283

P = 0.705

rs = − 0.103

P = 0.917

iAD

rs = 0.257

P = 0.757

rs = 0.161

P = 0.923

rs = − 0.327

P = 0.728

iAD

rs = − 0.829

P < 0.001

rs = − 0.525

P = 0.264

rs = − 0.100

P = 0.957

Total secondary process length (μm)

Ctrl

rs = − 0.018

P = 0.974

rs = 0.176

P = 0.947

rs = − 0.427

P = 0.613

Total number of junctions

Ctrl

rs = − 0.115

P = 0.980

rs = 0.115

P = 0.980

rs = − 0.421

P = 0.624

AD

rs = − 0.709

P = 0.113

rs = − 0.583

P = 0.310

rs = − 0.539

P = 0.315

AD

rs = − 0.745

P = 0.080

rs = − 0.567

P = 0.322

rs = − 0.588

P = 0.263

iAD

rs = − 0.411

P = 0.445

rs = − 0.464

P = 0.321

rs = − 0.182

P = 0.909

iAD

rs = − 0.521

P = 0.280

rs = − 0.468

P = 0.339

rs = − 0.155

P = 0.922

Average primary process length (μm)

Ctrl

rs = 0.018

P = 0.974

rs = − 0.055

P = 0.984

rs = − 0.189

P = 0.942

Number of junctions per primary process

Ctrl

rs = − 0.418

P = 0.617

rs = 0.127

P = 0.971

rs = − 0.439

P = 0.603

AD

rs = − 0.527

P = 0.328

rs = − 0.317

P = 0.682

rs = − 0.358

P = 0.587

AD

rs = − 0.600

P = 0.251

rs = − 0.317

P = 0.682

rs = − 0.673

P = 0.139

iAD

rs = 0.121

P = 0.899

rs = − 0.161

P = 0.923

rs = − 0.091

P = 0.970

iAD

rs = − 0.156

P = 0.904

rs = − 0.293

P = 0.698

rs = − 0.264

P = 0.798

Total primary process length (μm)

Ctrl

rs = 0.224

P = 0.917

rs = 0.248

P = 0.934

rs = 0.030

P = 1.000

Total process length (μm)

Ctrl

rs = 0.030

P = 0.991

rs = − 0.079

P = 0.973

rs = − 0.128

P = 0.975

AD

rs = − 0.733

P = 0.093

rs = − 0.067

P = 0.956

rs = − 0.285

P = 0.681

AD

rs = − 0.794

P = 0.043

rs = − 0.400

P = 0.567

rs = − 0.418

P = 0.486

iAD

rs = − 0.516

P = 0.059

rs = − 0.461

P = 0.084

rs = − 0.082

P = 0.968

iAD

rs = − 0.503

P = 0.306

rs = − 0.514

P = 0.276

rs = − 0.100

P = 0.957

  1. rs: Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
  2. P values adjusted by Benjamini–Hochberg correction for multiple testing.
  3. Significant values in bold.
  4. Ctrl  Control group.