Table 1.
Demographic and Neuropsychological Measures for Participants with PPA and Control Participants.
| PPA-G N = 12 |
PPA-L N = 11 |
PPA-S N = 12 |
Controls N = 12 |
Omnibus Significance |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Variables | |||||
| Age | 62.33 (7.34) |
66.18 (6.24) |
60.58 (5.65) |
64.00 (6.76) |
n.s. |
| Gender | 5 Males 7 Females |
3 Males 8 Females |
7 Males 5 Females |
6 Males 6 Females |
|
| Education | 16.58 (2.47) |
16.64 (1.43) |
16.08 (3.15) |
16.00 (2.52) |
n.s. |
| Handedness | 12 Right | 10 Right 1 Left |
11 Right 1 Ambidextrous |
12 Right | |
| Symptom Duration | 3.83 (1.83) |
3.55 (1.98) |
3.79 (1.23) |
-- | n.s. |
| Non-language Neuropsychological Measures | |||||
| MMSE Total (max 30) |
26.83C (3.04) |
25.27C (4.03) |
25.17C (2.62) |
29.58 (0.67) |
*** |
| CDRSOB (max 18) |
1.08C (1.64) |
0.50 (0.63) |
1.73C (1.78) |
0.05 (0.16) |
** |
| Digit Span Forward (max 16) |
4.00C,S (2.04) |
4.64C,S (0.81) |
6.33 (1.30) |
7.25 (0.97) |
*** |
| Digit Span Backward (max 14) |
3.67C,S (1.61) |
3.73C,S (0.79) |
5.25 (0.87) |
5.42 (1.16) |
*** |
Values provided are means (standard deviations). Max = maximum score; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; CDR SOB = Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes
C
= significantly impaired relative to control group (p < .05)
G = significantly impaired relative to PPA-G group (p < .05)
L = significantly impiared relative to PPA-L group (p < .05)
S
= significantly impaired relative to PPA-S group (p < .05); omnibus significance levels
* = p < .05
**
= p < .01
***
= p < .001, n.s. = not significant