Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics, cognitive performance, neuropsychiatric symptoms and severity levels for dementia sub-types.
| bvFTD (n=12) | AD (n=11) | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means | ±SD | Means | ±SD | ||||
| Women (%) | 33.33% | 54.54% | 0.305* | ||||
| Age (51 to 79 years) | 66.17 | 8.08 | 67.73 | 8.08 | 0.648 | ||
| Schooling (4 - 20 years) | 10.58 | 6.29 | 9.64 | 5.48 | 0.705 | ||
| MMSE (15 to 25 points) | 21.08 | 2.39 | 18.36 | 1.96 | 0.007 | ||
| EXIT-25 (10 to 25 points) | 18.67 | 3.65 | 15.00 | 3.033 | 0.017 | ||
| ACE-R (51 to 78 points) | 62.83 | 9.42 | 58.00 | 5.60 | 0.154 | ||
| NPI Total (9 to 44 points) | 18.83 | 11.15 | 17.00 | 4.92 | 0.621 | ||
| FTD-FRS (20 to 87 points) | 55.56 | 21.57 | 75.76 | 7.76 | 0.011 | ||
| FTD-FRS Categories | Mild | 25% | 36.36% | ||||
| Moderate | 50% | 63.64% | |||||
| Severe | 25% | 0% | 0.204* | ||||
p-value refers to Student's t-test,
*
Chi-square test. 2. ACE-R: Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination - Revised; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; EXIT-25: Executive Interview; DAD: Disability Assessment for Dementia; NPI: Neuropsychiatric Inventory; FTD-FRS: Frontotemporal Dementia Rating Scale. Variations in amplitude of test scores shown in parentheses.