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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2013 Oct-Dec;27(4):10.1097/WAD.0b013e31827bdc6f. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31827bdc6f

Table 3.

Estimated Annual Rate of Change in MMSE# (post-initial visit, between years)

Groups 0 & 1 1 & 2 2 & 3 3 & 4
bvFTD -1.51 -2.95 -4.39 -5.82
nfaPPA -0.60 -2.04 -3.47 -4.91
svPPA -3.42 -4.86 -6.30 -7.73
AD -3.40 -4.86 -6.28 -7.72

Abbreviation: bvFTD = behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia; nfaPPA = nonfluent agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia; svPPA = semantic variant PPA; AD = Alzheimer's disease

#

Based on group-specific median baseline MMSE (bvFTD = 26, nfaPPA = 26, svPPA = 26, AD = 22.5)

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