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Published in final edited form as: Brain Lang. 2013 Apr 6;127(2):10.1016/j.bandl.2013.02.007. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.02.007

Table 2.

Language, neurocognitive test scores and imaging data across clusters. Data shown as median (range); p values calculated using Kruskall-Wallis followed by Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables (ND = Not Done)

Clusters P values
1
“Mild typical
lvPPA”
2
“Mild atypical
lvPPA”
3
“Severe typical
lvPPA”
All 1 vs. 2 1 vs. 3 2 vs. 3
N 9 7 5 - - - -
Gender, female 44% 57% 80% 0.44 ND ND ND
Age at onset 65 (54-72) 64 (42-80) 64 (47-70) 0.63 ND ND ND
Education 16 (12-20) 15 (12-20) 14 (12-16) 0.26 ND ND ND
MMSE 25 (24-29) 26 (15-30) 14 (10-21) 0.005 0.96 0.002 0.007
Disease duration 2.0
(1.0, 3.0)
5.0
(4.0, 6.0)
3.5
(3.0, 5.0)
0.0003 0.0006 0.005 0.02
WAB AQ 83.0
(74.4, 94.4)
86.7
(69.9, 98.8)
55.0
(33.5, 64.8)
0.004 0.92 0.003 0.005
AVLT Del+LM
II Z+VRII Z
−1.6
(−2.1, 0.3)
−1.2
(−2.1, 1.7)
−2.3
(−2.5, −2.1)
0.003 0.27 0.003 0.004
TMTB +
Sorting Z
−1.3
(−2.9, 0.2)
−1.8
(−3.0, 1.3)
−3.0
(−3.2, −2.7)
0.02 0.67 0.009 0.02
Rey-O +Cube +
Inc. Letters Z
−0.2
(−6.1, 0.6)
−0.5
(−6.9, 0.6)
−4.9
(−10.3, −3.3)
0.03 0.71 0.01 0.03
Global Z −1.1
(−3.6, 0.4)
−1.3
(−3.8, 1.1)
−3.3
(−5.2, −2.8)
0.03 0.71 0.01 0.03
Temporoparietal
Z
−2.4
(−3.7, 1.8)
−2.2
(−2.8, 0.3)
−3.2
(−4.1, −3.1)
0.008 0.15 0.03 0.005