Table 4.
Frequency of posterior symptoms and pairwise comparison in each group.
| Patient group | tAD | PCA1 | PCA2 | Pairwise comparison |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCA2 vs PCA1 |
PCA2 vs tAD |
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| N | 18 | 16 | 5 | pa | pa |
| Ocular apraxia | 1 (5%) | 5 (31%) | 0 | 0.21 | 0.78 |
| Optic ataxia | 0 | 1 (6%) | 0 | 0.76 | – |
| Simultanagnosia | 1 (5%) | 8 (50%) | 0 | 0.06 | 0.78 |
| Acalculia | 5 (27%) | 11 (68%) | 3 (60%) | 0.55 | 0.26 |
| Agraphia | 2 (11%) | 12 (75%) | 1 (20%) | 0.04 | 0.57 |
| Left-Right disorientation | 3 (16%) | 8 (50%) | 2 (40%) | 0.55 | 0.49 |
| Finger agnosia | 0 | 3 (18%) | 1 (20%) | 0.71 | 0.21 |
| Alexia | 3 (16%) | 9 (56%) | 2 (40%) | 0.45 | 0.33 |
| Spatial disorientation | 7 (38%) | 13 (81%) | 1 (20%) | 0.02 | 0.41 |
| Dressing apraxia | 5 (27%) | 9 (56%) | 2 (40%) | 0.45 | 0.49 |
| Constructive apraxia | 12 (66%) | 14 (87%) | 3 (60%) | 0.22 | 0.58 |
| Visual agnosia | 1 (5%) | 6 (33%) | 0 | 0.14 | 0.78 |
Patients with PCA2 show the second highest percentage (after PCA1) of individuals showing acalculia, alexia, dressing apraxia and visuospatial difficulties at the assessment time. However, they do not show any of the components of Balint's syndrome or visual agnosia.
Fisher exact test.