Table 1.
Comparison of patients with PCA with and without visual hallucinations
PCA with hallucinations (n=13) | PCA without hallucinations (n=46) | Total PCA patients (n=59) | |
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Gender: Male/Female | 6:7 | 17:29 | 23:36 |
Median age at disease onset in years (range) | 63 (49–86) | 57 (40–74) | 59 (40–86) |
Right-handed | 13 (100%) | 45 (98%) | 58 (98%) |
Median number of years of education (range) | 12 (12–17) | 14 (8–20) | 14 (8–20) |
RBD present * | 8 (62%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (14%) |
Parkinsonism present * | 10 (77%) | 7 (15%) | 17 (29%) |
Myoclonic jerks present ** | 6 (46%) | 1 (2%) | 7 (12%) |
Median difference in years between onset of hallucinations and onset of PCA (range) | 4 (1–12) | N/A | N/A |
Median difference in years between onset of RBD and onset of PCA | 3 (1–7) | N/A | N/A |
Median difference in years between onset of parkinsonism and onset of PCA | 4(2–10) | 3 (2–7) | N/A |
Median difference in years between onset of myoclonic jerks and onset of PCA | 2(1–11) | N/A | N/A |
Significantly different
p<0.0001:
p=0.0002
N/A = not applicable