Table 2.

Patient characteristics and the results of neuropsychological assessments.

Patient number	Age (years)	Gender	handedness	Subtype	Disease duration (months)	ALS FRS-R1 score	ALS FRS-R5a score	HDS-R score	STA achieved highest stage	FAB score	RCPM score
1	53	F	R	Spinal (u)	41	3	4	30	IV	18	30
2	79	F	R	Spinal (l)	6	3	3	29	IV	16	27
3	61	M	R	Spinal (u)	24	4	3	30	IV	17	35
4	59	M	R	Spinal (l)	59	4	3	30	IV	18	32
5	48	M	R	Spinal (u)	32	4	3	30	IV	17	32
6	50	M	R	Spinal (l)	9	4	4	30	IV	18	33
7	74	F	R	Spinal (u)	21	3	3	29	IV	16	27
8	73	M	R	Spinal (u)	24	4	3	29	III	18	30
9	74	M	R	Bulbar	18	4	4	22	III	16	30
10	74	M	R	Spinal (l)	12	4	4	28	III	16	34
11	74	M	R	Bulbar	10	4	4	28	III	17	34
12	68	M	R	Bulbar	14	4	3	28	III	17	30
13	59	M	R	Spinal (u)	33	4	3	30	III	16	36
14	71	M	R	Bulbar	9	4	4	30	III	17	29
15	71	M	R	Bulbar	61	2	4	27	III	16	34
16	73	F	L	Bulbar	20	2	4	29	III	14	31
17	75	F	R	Bulbar	26	3	4	29	II	11	25
18	63	F	R	Bulbar	46	4	3	23	III	13	26
19	72	M	R	Bulbar	10	2	4	30	II	11	25
20	68	F	R	Spinal (u)	10	4	4	25	III	13	24
21	59	F	R	Spinal (u)	11	4	4	25	II	12	18
22	75	F	R	Spinal (u)	13	4	3	26	I	11	24
23	82	M	R	Bulbar	41	3	4	22	III	12	24
24	73	M	R	Bulbar	28	2	4	23	I	8	23
25	69	M	R	Spinal (u)	20	4	4	21	I	5	14
Average	67.9				23.9	3.5	3.6	27.3		14.4	28.2
SD	9.0				15.5	0.8	0.5	3.0		3.5	5.4

ALS FRS-R: revised amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale; HDS-R: Hasegawa Dementia Scale-revised; STA: Syntax Test for Aphasia; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery; RCPM: Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices; R: right; L: left; (u): upper limb; (l): lower limb.