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. 2018 Jun;129(6):1209–1220. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.03.013

Table 3.

The mean dominant frequency (DF) ± DFV (mean SD of the DF), DFV ± SD and frequency prevalence (FP) ± SD for the theta (4–7.75 Hz), slow-theta (4–5.5 Hz), fast-theta (5.75–7 Hz), alpha (8–13.75 Hz) and theta-alpha (4–13.75 Hz) frequency ranges in each region: frontal, central, posterior, lateral, for each group: healthy controls (N = 21), Alzheimer’s disease (AD; N = 18), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB; N = 17) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD; N = 17) patients.

Regions Variables Controls AD DLB PDD
Theta Frontal DF ± SD 6.93 ± 0.4 6.57 ± 0.54 6.49 ± 0.60 6.26 ± 0.31
DFV ± SD 0.93 ± 0.25 0.98 ± 0.24 0.73 ± 0.24 0.80 ± 0.19
FP ± SD 19.55 ± 22.14 44.92 ± 24.54 82.48 ± 21.00 91.36 ± 8.29
Central DF ± SD 7.11 ± 0.33 6.67 ± 0.59 6.65 ± 0.52 6.51 ± 0.35
DFV ± SD 0.81 ± 0.28 0.86 ± 0.29 0.63 ± 0.22 0.67 ± 0.16
FP ± SD 18.84 ± 24.96 41.02 ± 26.07 80.60 ± 21.02 90.49 ± 9.22
Posterior DF ± SD 7.17 ± 0.35 6.71 ± 0.60 6.57 ± 0.66 6.31 ± 0.29
DFV ± SD 0.78 ± 0.33 0.86 ± 0.31 0.60 ± 0.21 0.72 ± 0.18
FP ± SD 16.72 ± 23.49 34.99 ± 24.45 83.35 ± 23.68 94.99 ± 6.25
Lateral DF ± SD 7.18 ± 0.31 6.80 ± 0.54 6.65 ± 0.53 6.51 ± 0.36
DFV ± SD 0.80 ± 0.30 0.83 ± 0.33 0.64 ± 0.26 0.72 ± 0.18
FP ± SD 17.53 ± 22.06 39.24 ± 26.68 83.35 ± 18.76 89.36 ± 15.10



Slow-theta Frontal DF ± SD 4.88 ± 0.15 4.93 ± 0.17 5.01 ± 0.15 5.02 ± 0.14
DFV ± SD 0.55 ± 0.06 0.52 ± 0.07 0.49 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.08
FP ± SD 2.23 ± 4.28 10.52 ± 13.29 16.27 ± 21.06 18.77 ± 11.56
Central DF ± SD 4.95 ± 0.17 4.98 ± 0.18 5.16 ± 0.14 5.14 ± 0.13
DFV ± SD 0.52 ± 0.06 0.49 ± 0.06 0.42 ± 0.10 0.43 ± 0.10
FP ± SD 1.21 ± 3.05 9.46 ± 12.37 9.51 ± 14 11.14 ± 12.28
Posterior DF ± SD 4.91 ± 0.14 4.94 ± 0.18 5.11 ± 0.13 5.11 ± 0.15
DFV ± SD 0.54 ± 0.06 0.51 ± 0.06 0.45 ± 0.07 0.45 ± 0.10
FP ± SD 1.11 ± 3.34 6.97 ± 9.25 13.77 ± 23.03 16.15 ± 11.75
Lateral DF ± SD 4.86 ± 0.18 4.94 ± 0.16 5.09 ± 0.15 5.09 ± 0.16
DFV ± SD 0.56 ± 0.05 0.51 ± 0.08 0.44 ± 0.11 0.46 ± 0.09
FP ± SD 0.51 ± 1.15 5.44 ± 6.74 10.76 ± 17.41 11.76 ± 11.99



Fast Theta Frontal DF ± SD 7.20 ± 0.27 6.98 ± 0.32 6.74 ± 0.41 6.55 ± 0.22
DFV ± SD 0.59 ± 0.14 0.62 ± 0.11 0.53 ± 0.12 0.55 ± 0.09
FP ± SD 17.32 ± 21.02 34.4 ± 17.95 66.21 ± 20.86 72.59 ± 10.45
Central DF ± SD 7.31 ± 0.22 7.02 ± 0.31 6.79 ± 0.43 6.69 ± 0.24
DFV ± SD 0.53 ± 0.16 0.60 ± 0.14 0.50 ± 0.11 0.52 ± 0.07
FP ± SD 17.62 ± 24.30 31.56 ± 20.68 71.09 ± 20.34 79.35 ± 11.86
Posterior DF ± SD 7.35 ± 0.21 7.06 ± 0.36 6.76 ± 0.47 6.54 ± 0.20
DFV ± SD 0.52 ± 0.17 0.58 ± 0.16 0.48 ± 0.11 0.52 ± 0.09
FP ± SD 15.60 ± 22.51 28.01 ± 19.35 69.59 ± 27.37 78.85 ± 11.86
Lateral DF ± SD 7.36 ± 0.19 7.09 ± 0.30 6.81 ± 0.41 6.70 ± 0.24
DFV ± SD 0.50 ± 0.15 0.58 ± 0.18 0.49 ± 0.13 0.52 ± 0.08
FP ± SD 17.02 ± 21.95 33.81 ± 24.26 72.59 ± 21.64 77.60 ± 15.63



Alpha Frontal DF ± SD 9.13 ± 0.57 9.40 ± 0.88 8.64 ± 0.21 9.01 ± 0.44
DFV ± SD 0.88 ± 0.40 1.07 ± 0.43 0.85 ± 0.32 1.19 ± 0.27
FP ± SD 80.45 ± 22.14 55.08 ± 24.54 17.52 ± 21 8.64 ± 8.29
Central DF ± SD 9.13 ± 0.65 9.42 ± 0.90 8.48 ± 0.17 8.70 ± 0.39
DFV ± SD 0.82 ± 0.41 1.04 ± 0.40 0.60 ± 0.17 0.87 ± 0.37
FP ± SD 81.16 ± 24.96 58.98 ± 26.07 19.40 ± 21.02 9.51 ± 9.22
Posterior DF ± SD 9.03 ± 0.63 1.06 ± 0.96 8.49 ± 0.18 8.72 ± 0.33
DFV ± SD 0.64 ± 0.35 0.86 ± 0.45 0.62 ± 0.25 0.93 ± 0.37
FP ± SD 83.28 ± 23.49 65.01 ± 24.45 16.65 ± 23.68 5.01 ± 6.25
Lateral DF ± SD 9.12 ± 0.71 0.92 ± 0.82 8.48 ± 0.18 8.61 ± 0.41
DFV ± SD 0.82 ± 0.37 0.82 ± 0.40 0.65 ± 0.24 0.84 ± 0.35
FP ± SD 82.47 ± 22.06 60.76 ± 26.68 16.65 ± 18.76 10.64 ± 15.10



Theta-alpha Frontal DF ± SD 8.79 ± 0.75 8.24 ± 1.29 6.75 ± 0.80 6.45 ± 0.63
DFV ± SD 1.07 ± 0.46 1.29 ± 0.59 0.91 ± 0.27 0.98 ± 0.33
Central DF ± SD 8.81 ± 0.82 8.36 ± 1.30 6.93 ± 0.71 6.68 ± 0.76
DFV ± SD 0.92 ± 0.47 1.30 ± 0.60 0.80 ± 0.25 0.82 ± 0.25
Posterior DF ± SD 8.82 ± 0.79 8.65 ± 1.21 6.78 ± 0.86 6.41 ± 0.58
DFV ± SD 0.78 ± 0.38 1.21 ± 0.75 0.73 ± 0.23 0.84 ± 0.27
Lateral DF ± SD 8.88 ± 0.81 8.42 ± 1.13 6.90 ± 0.71 6.74 ± 0.81
DFV ± SD 0.93 ± 0.41 1.13 ± 0.51 0.79 ± 0.31 0.88 ± 0.35