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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2012 Oct 4;72(4):587–598. doi: 10.1002/ana.23659

Table 4.

Comparison of long- and short-MDI for PDD patients

PDD- Short MDI
N=50
PDD- Long MDI
N=42
P-value
Number of Patients (%M) 44/50 (88.0%) 28/42 (66.7%) 0.0131
Age of Motor Onset (years)
Median (IQR)
69.50 (64.75, 75.25) 58.50 (50.00, 63.00) <0.0012
Age of Dementia Onset (years)
Median (IQR)
74.00 (71.25, 80.00) 74.50 (68.75, 77.75) 0.5402
Age of Death (years)
Median (IQR)
79.00 (73.00, 83.25) 78.00 (74.00, 81.25) 0.7182
Disease Duration (years)
Median (IQR)
9.00 (8.00, 11.25) 19.50 (15.75, 23.00) <0.0012
Motor-Dementia Interval (years)
Median (IQR)
5.00 (4.00, 8.00) 14.00 (12.00, 19.00) NA
Dementia-Death Interval (years)
Median (IQR)
4.00 (2.00, 6.00) 3.50 (1.00, 6.00) 0.8892
Brain Weight (grams)
Median (IQR)
1308.00 (1220.0, 1486.0)* 1285.5 (1185.25, 1400.0) 0.1253
APOE4 N (% carriers) 23/48 (47.9%) 17/41 (41.5%) 0.5421
H1/H1 Haplotype (% carriers) 25/37 (67.6%) 26/40 (65.0%) 0.6391
Braak Stage N (% cases)
0
I–II
III–IV
V–VI

1/46 (2.2%)
15/46 (32.6%)
15/46 (32.6%)
15/46 (32.6%)

6/40 (15.0%)
20/40 (50.0%)
8/40 (20.0%)
6/40 (15.0%)

0.0101
CERAD Stage N (% cases)
0
A
B
C

14/46 (30.4%)
3/46 (6.5%)
11/46 (23.9%)
18/46 (39.1%)

23/42 (54.8%)
2/42 (4.8%)
7/42 (16.7%)
10/42 (23.8%)

0.1211
AD diagnosis N (% cases) 22/46 (47.8%) 11/40 (27.5%) 0.0271
LB/LN Stage N (% cases)
Brainstem
Limbic
Neocortical

0/48 (0.0%)
4/48 (8.3%)
44/48 (91.7%)

0/39 (0.0%)
11/39 (28.2%)
28/39 (74.4%)

0.0191
Global Cortical NFT
N
Median (IQR)

42
0.67 (0.33, 1.2)

38
0.43 (0.13, 0.67)


0.0032
Global Cortical SP
N
Median (IQR)

45
1.6 (0.03, 2.50)

40
0.33 (0.00, 2.10)


0.1122
Global Cortical LB/LN
N
Median (IQR)

44
1.87 (1.22, 2.50)

38
1.20 (1.00, 2.13)


0.0282
1

Chi-Square,

2

Mann Whitney-U,

3

Independent T-test.

*

Missing data from 1 case.