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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;60(1):211–223. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170031

Table 2.

Prevalence of new-onset seizures and other potential indicators of network hyperexcitability

New-onset seizures
(%)
Suspected but
unconfirmed
seizures (%)
Myoclonus
(%)
Clinical
fluctuations
(%)
AD (n = 1,320) 4.5 3.8 8.5 10.2
DLB (n = 178) 5.1 14.6 27.0 69.1
FTD (n = 348) 2.6 2.3 12.9 6.9

  p valuea 0.229 < 0.001b < 0.001b,c < 0.001b
a

Χ2 test.

b

DLB significantly higher than FTD, p<0.001 and AD, p<0.001.

c

FTD significantly higher than AD, p=0.017.

AD, Alzheimer’s disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; FTD, frontotemporal dementia.