Table 1 Demographic, behavioural and neuropsychometric data for the control and bvFTD participants. Behavioural symptoms are scored as 0 (absent), 0.5 (very mild or questionable), 1 (mild), 2 (moderate) and 3 (severe), with mean (standard deviation) scores shown for the bvFTD group. Significant differences between groups are highlighted in bold. SD standard deviation, N/A not applicable, s seconds
Controls | bvFTD | |
|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Number of participants | 22 | 18 |
Sex (% male) | 59% | 72% |
Age (years) | 64.2 (5.7) | 63.9 (5.7) |
Education (years) | 16.8 (2.3) | 13.4 (3.1) |
Behavioural symptoms | ||
Apathy | N/A | 1.7 (0.7) |
Disinhibition | N/A | 1.7 (0.8) |
Loss of empathy | N/A | 1.9 (0.8) |
Change in appetite | N/A | 1.8 (0.9) |
Obsessive-compulsive behaviour | N/A | 1.8 (0.7) |
CDR with NACC FTLD sum of boxes | 0.8 (0.8) | 10.3 (3.7) |
MMSE (/30) | 29.5 (0.7) | 24.8 (4.1) |
WMS-R Digit span forwards (/12) | 9.0 (2.2) | 7.0 (2.3) |
WMS-R Digit span backwards (/12) | 8.3 (2.6) | 4.8 (2.0) |
Phonemic fluency (1 min) | 15.1 (5.7) | 8.6 (4.8) |
D-KEFS Color-Word Interference Test (ink colour time, s) | 56.5 (17.3) | 93.3 (36.4) |
Trail Making Test part A (time, s) | 30.3 (11.2) | 51.7 (29.9) |
Trail Making Test part B (time, s) | 69.2 (24.7) | 171.5 (90.9) |
Graded Naming Test (/30) | 25.9 (2.9) | 13.8 (8.9) |
Mini-Social and Emotional Assessment total (/30) | 25.6 (1.6) | 20.1 (3.1) |
Mini-Social and Emotional Assessment Faux-Pas subtest (/15) | 12.9 (1.2) | 10.2 (2.1) |
Mini-Social and Emotional Assessment Emotion Recognition subtest (/15) | 12.7 (1.4) | 9.8 (1.9) |