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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Spring;23(2):168–172. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.2.168

Table.

Frequency of Neuropsychiatric Features among PPA and Cognitively Normal Participants*

NPI domain Normal N=110 (%) PPA N=55 (%) OR (95% CI) P-value
Depression/Dysphoria 6 (5.5) 21 (38.2) 12.56 (3.72, 42.4) <0.001
Night-time Behavior 13 (11.8) 12 (21.8) 2.00 (0.87, 4.61) 0.10
Irritability/Lability 3 (2.7) 10 (18.2) 9.29 (2.02, 42.7) 0.004
Agitation 1 (0.9) 11 (20.0) 22.00 (2.84, 170.4) 0.003
Aberrant Motor Behavior 0 (0.0) 13 (23.6) N/A
Disinhibition 0 (0.0) 11 (20.0) N/A
Anxiety 1 (0.9) 8 (14.8) 16.00 (2.00, 127.9) 0.009
Appetite/Eating Change 3 (2.7) 14 (25.9) 9.33 (2.68, 32.5) <0.001
Apathy/Indifference 4 (3.6) 26 (48.1) 24.53 (5.81, 103.6) <0.001
Euphoria/Elation 0 (0.0) 5 (9.3) N/A
Delusions 1 (0.9) 4 (7.4) 8.00 (0.89, 71.6) 0.063
Hallucinations 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) N/A
*

Adjusted for age, sex, education (by matched case-control design) and functional status (CDR) by statistical analysis.