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. 2009 Jul 11;27(6):564–571. doi: 10.1159/000228258

Table 3.

Cognitive and behavioral features of the entire cohort and each etiological class

Memory Language Praxis Executive Attention Visuo- spatial Behavioral disinhibition Psychiatric Personality change
Early
Entire cohort 126 (54) 39 (17) n.a. 162 (69) 148 (63) 41 (17) 116 (49) 114 (49) 157 (67)
Degenerative 31 (42) 9 (12) n.a. 44 (60) 43 (59) 8 (11) 37 (51) 37 (51) 51 (70)
Autoimmune/inflammatory 31 (62) 9 (18) n.a. 34 (68) 31 (62) 10 (20) 24 (48) 22 (44) 32 (64)
Vascular 9 (64) 3 (21) n.a. 11 (79) 11 (79) 3 (21) 7 (50) 6 (43) 9 (64)
Metabolic 12 (48) 3 (12) n.a. 18 (72) 18 (72) 5 (20) 14 (56) 15 (60) 17 (68)
Infectious 5 (45) 6 (55) n.a. 10 (91) 6 (55) 4 (36) 5 (45) 4 (36) 6 (55)
Other 8 (44) 1 (5.6) n.a. 15 (83) 10 (56) 3 (17) 6 (33) 5 (28) 10 (56)
Unknown 30 (68) 8 (18) n.a. 30 (68) 29 (66) 8 (18) 23 (52) 25 (57) 32 (73)
p 0.09 0.06 n.a. 0.22 0.69 0.53 0.85 0.31 0.81

At presentation
Entire cohort 165 (70) 67 (29) 28 (12) 179 (76) 166 (71) 47 (20) 123 (52) 119 (51) 158 (67)
Degenerative 49 (67) 21 (29) 5 (6.8) 53 (73) 54 (74) 10 (14) 40 (55) 40 (54) 51 (70)
Autoimmune/inflammatory 39 (78) 11 (22) 4 (8.0) 36 (72) 35 (70) 11 (22) 24 (48) 24 (48) 33 (66)
Vascular 9 (64) 5 (36) 2 (14) 11 (79) 11 (79) 4 (29) 7 (50) 6 (43) 9 (64)
Metabolic 16 (64) 7 (28) 5 (20) 22 (88) 21 (84) 5 (20) 14 (56) 15 (60) 17 (68)
Infectious 5 (45) 6 (55) 3 (27) 10 (91) 6 (55) 4 (36) 6 (55) 4 (36) 6 (55)
Other 12 (67) 4 (22) 5 (28) 15 (83) 10 (56) 4 (22) 6 (33) 5 (28) 10 (56)
Unknown 35 (80) 13 (30) 4 (9.1) 32 (73) 29 (66) 9 (20) 26 (59) 25 (57) 32 (73)
p 0.22 0.55 0.13 0.46 0.33 0.63 0.65 0.34 0.95

Data are presented as the number of patients followed by the percentage of the relevant etiological group in parentheses.

n.a. = Data not available.