Table 1. Participants of the behavioral emotion recognition task.
| ALS-patients N = 30 | Healthy controls N = 29 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean±SD | mean±SD | F | p | |
| Age [years] | 60±10 | 61±8 | 0.39 | 0.54 |
| Gender | 16 females | 8 females | 4.2 | 0.05 |
| Education [years] | 9.7±1.5 | 10.0±1.7 | 0.83 | 0.37 |
| Symptom onset | 21 spinal | N/A | ||
| ALS-FRS-R | 27.9±11.4 | N/A | ||
| Disease duration [months] | 41±18 | N/A | ||
| Progression rate | 0.9 ± 0.7 | N/A | ||
| Depression | ||||
| BDI | 12.9±4.9 | 6.2±4.0 | 32.24 | <0.01* |
| Dementia | ||||
| MMSE | 29.5±0.8 | 29.7±0.7 | 0.90 | 0.35 |
ALS-FRS-R: ALS functional rating scale revised [14]; BDI: Beck´s Depression Inventory; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination.
* indicates statistical significance with p<0.05 in a two-sample t-test.