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. 2012 Mar;11(3):232–240. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70014-5

Table 4.

Demographic and clinical information for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with co-morbid frontotemporal dementia

Patients without the C9orf72 repeat expansion (n=20) Patients with the C9orf72 repeat expansion (n=10) p value
Age at onset (years)
Mean 64·8 (9·5) 57·4 (8·1) 0·045
Median 65·6 (56·7–72·5) 58·2 (55·9–62·8) 0·100
Age at diagnosis (years)
Mean 65·9 (9·7) 58·7 (7·9) 0·053
Median 66·9 (57·5–74·2) 59·8 (56·9–63·9) 0·100
Site of onset
Bulbar 10 (50%) 1 (10%) 0·049
Spinal 10 (50%) 9 (90%) ..
Sex
Male 13 (65%) 7 (70%) 1·000
Female 7 (35%) 3 (30%) ..
Type of frontotemporal dementia
Behavioural 15 (75%) 10 (100%) 0·143
Language variant 5 (25%) 0 (0%) ..

Data are mean (SD), median (IQR), or number (%).