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Datasets included LAC and non-LAC healthy controls (HC, total n = 3,509) and participants with Alzheimer disease (AD, total n = 828), bvFTD (total n = 463) and MCI (total n = 517). The fMRI dataset included 2,953 participants from LAC (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) as well as non-LAC (the USA, China and Japan). The EEG dataset involved 2,353 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Cuba (LAC) as well as Greece, Ireland, Italy, Turkey and the UK (non-LAC). The raw fMRI and EEG signals were preprocessed by filtering and artifact removal and the EEG signals were normalized to project them into source space. A parcellation using the automated anatomical labeling (AAL) atlas for both the fMRI and EEG signals was performed to build the nodes from which we calculated the high-order interactions using the -information metric. A connectivity matrix was obtained for both modalities, which was later represented by graphs. Data augmentation was performed only in the testing dataset. The graphs were used as input for a graph convolutional deep learning network (architecture shown in the last row), with separate models for EEG and fMRI. Finally, age prediction was obtained, and the performance was measured by comparing the predicted versus the chronological ages. This figure was partially created with BioRender.com (fMRI and EEG devices).

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