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. 2019 Jan 31;11:13. doi: 10.1186/s13195-019-0470-7

Table 2.

18F-flortaucipir standardized uptake value ratio in various regions of interest (for CBS, left is contralateral to symptom onset)

CMF RMF SF OF IN PO PT PC TL TP WM
CMF
Left or CL
 Controls n = 53 Mean ± sd 1.06 ± 0.1 1.06 ± 0.1 1.03 ± 0.1 1.16 ± 0.1 1.11 ± 0.12 1.06 ± 0.09 1.09 ± 0.1 1.01 ± 0.09 1.14 ± 0.09 1.12 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.16
[min, max] [0.81,1.3] [0.84,1.26] [0.79,1.25] [0.79,1.33] [0.78,1.37] [0.82,1.3] [0.86,1.3] [0.78,1.2] [0.88,1.28] [0.8,1.29] [0.82,1.6]
 nfvPPA n = 11 Mean ± sd 1.15 ± 0.09 1.09 ± 0.05 1.09 ± 0.05 1.2 ± 0.05 1.13 ± 0.05 1.19 ± 0.07 1.18 ± 0.05 1.08 ± 0.04 1.15 ± 0.05 1.14 ± 0.09
[min, max] [1,1.37] [1.02,1.19] [1.-3.1.18] [1.1,1.26] [1.05,1.24] [1.1,1.35] [1.12,1.26] [1.02,0.16] [1.08,1.24] [0.97,1.31] n/a
p value 0.01 0.22 0.0306 0.19 0.84 0.0001 0.0016 0.003 0.88 0.53
 CBS n = 7 Mean ± sd 1.05 ± 0.09 1.02 ± 0.06 1.01 ± 0.07 1.18 ± 0.06 1.11 ± 0.08 1.1 ± 0.08 1.12 ± 0.06 1.06 ± 0.07 1.15 ± 0.04 1.08 ± 0.06 1.29 ± 0.14
[min, max] [0.95,1.19] [0.93,1.08] [0.91,1.11] [1.09,1.16] [1.04,1.28] [1,1.26] [1.05,1.2] [0.96,1.13] [1.07,1.2] [0.99,1.16] [1.41,1.56]
p value 0.59 0.29 0.44 0.65 0.77 0.44 0.36 0.09 0.79 0.38 0.33
 MAPT n = 6 Mean ± sd 1.11 ± 0.33 1.07 ± 0.12 1.02 ± 0.27 1.22 ± 0.1 1.21 ± 0.1 1.14 ± 0.19 1.12 ± 0.13 0.96 ± 0.2 1.21 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.35
[min, max] [0.64,1.56] [0.9,1.21] [0.59,1.35] [1.1,1.4] [1.1,1.32] [0.88,1.37] [0.98,1.29] [0.58,1.12] [1.11,1.33] [1.13,2.01] n/a
p value 0.92 0.71 0.96 0.26 0.048 0.22 0.45 0.98 0.15 0.015
 bvFTD n = 10 Mean ± sd 1.05 ± 0.15 1.03 ± 0.14 1.01 ± 0.14 1.14 ± 0.17 1.05 ± 0.15 1.05 ± 0.14 1.08 ± 0.16 0.97 ± 0.13 1.12 ± 0.12 1.13 ± 0.13
[min, max] [0.8,1.21] [0.81,1.23] [0.8,1.23] [0.88,1.38] [0.78,1.25] [0.81,1.3] [0.84,1.41] [0.77,1.2] [0.91,1.29] [0.85,1.3] n/a
p value 0.98 0.48 0.71 0.71 0.25 0.64 0.32 0.35 0.84 0.62
 C9ORF72 & PGRN
n = 6
Mean ± sd 1.08 ± 0.16 1.08 ± 0.13 1.02 ± 0.16 1.25 ± 0.1 1.12 ± 0.06 1.14 ± 0.1 1.22 ± 0.15 1.01 ± 0.11 1.18 ± 0.09 1.2 ± 0.16
[min, max] [0.96,1.39] [0.95,1.3] [0.92,1.31] [1.12,1.41] [1.06,1.21] [1.06,1.34] [1.01,1.44] [0.91,1.22] [1.07,1.32] [1.05,1.46] n/a
p value 0.65 0.98 0.28 0.06 0.96 0.08 0.039 0.65 0.24 0.27
 svPPA n = 2 Mean ± sd 1 ± 0.11 1.05 ± 0.04 1 ± 0.01 1.2 ± 0.07 1.18 ± 0.07 1.09 ± 0.07 1.11 ± 0.04 0.98 ± 0.08 1.23 ± 0.03 1.43 ± 0.07
[min, max] [0.92,1.08] [1.03,1.08] [0.99,1.01] [1.15,1.25] [1.13,1.23] [1.04,1.14] [1.08,1.15] [0.92,1.04] [1.21,1.25] [1.38,1.47] n/a
p value 0.39 0.92 0.53 0.56 0.39 0.65 0.72 0.62 0.09 0.017
Right or IL
 Controls n = 53 Mean ± sd 1.05 ± 0.1 1.05 ± 0.1 1.04 ± 0.1 1.17 ± 0.1 1.12 ± 0.12 1.07 ± 0.09 1.1 ± 0.09 1.01 ± 0.09 1.14 ± 0.09 1.13 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.16
[min, max] [0.78,1.28] [0.83,1.23] [0.79,1.28] [0.78,1.35] [0.8,1.42] [0.81,1.28] [0.85,1.24] [0.78,1.17] [0.88,1.27] [0.88,1.41] [0.8,1.58]
 nfvPPA n = 11 Mean ± sd 1.1 ± 0.06 1.1 ± 0.04 1.08 ± 0.04 1.2 ± 0.06 1.12 ± 0.05 1.15 ± 0.04 1.18 ± 0.07 1.08 ± 0.05 1.15 ± 0.05 1.11 ± 0.07
[min, max] [1.01,1.17] [1.01,1.16] [1.03,1.16] [1.12,1.34] [1.05,1.24] [1.1,1.23] [1.09,1.34] [1,1.17] [1.1,1.29] [1,1.25] n/a
p value 0.06 0.13 0.0453 0.37 0.85 0.0018 0.0029 0.0112 0.96 0.22
 CBS n = 7 Mean ± sd 1.04 ± 0.08 1.01 ± 0.06 0.98 ± 0.05 1.18 ± 0.06 1.13 ± 0.04 1.08 ± 0.05 1.1 ± 0.09 1.04 ± 0.05 1.16 ± 0.06 1.08 ± 0.04 1.24 ± 0.1
[min, max] [0.94,1.18] [0.92,1.07] [0.91,1.04] [1.06,1.25] [1.01,1.14] [1.01,1.14] [0.97,1.19] [0.95,1.07] [1.06,1.22] [1.02,1.13] [1.12,1.41]
p value 0.67 0.16 0.049 0.81 0.95 0.88 0.76 0.26 0.48 0.08 0.54
 MAPT n = 6 Mean ± sd 1.09 ± 0.35 1.08 ± 0.15 1.02 ± 0.25 1.21 ± 0.1 1.21 ± 0.12 1.14 ± 0.19 1.13 ± 0.15 0.95 ± 0.17 1.21 ± 0.08 1.36 ± 0.35
[min, max] [0.56,1.49] [0.91,1.33] [0.61,1.34] [1.1,1.32] [1.09,1.36] [0.88,1.42] [0.9,1.35] [0.62,1.1] [1.12,1.32] [1.1,2.05] n/a
p value 0.76 0.82 0.92 0.48 0.15 0.39 0.53 0.73 0.1 0.035
 bvFTD n = 10 Mean ± sd 1.02 ± 0.12 1.03 ± 0.14 0.98 ± 0.13 1.12 ± 0.13 1.05 ± 0.14 1.05 ± 0.15 1.09 ± 0.14 0.96 ± 0.12 1.11 ± 0.1 1.05 ± 0.07
[min, max] [0.79,1.18] [0.81,1.2] 0.77,1.14 [0.9,1.31] [0.79,1.24] [0.77,1.31] [0.84,1.31] [0.76,1.14] [0.92,1.22] [0.96,1.15] n/a
p value 0.61 0.69 0.19 0.28 0.17 0.76 0.51 0.32 0.55 0.007
 C9ORF72 & PGRN n = 6 Mean ± sd 1.06 ± 0.2 1.08 ± 0.14 1.02 ± 0.16 1.26 ± 0.08 1.15 ± 0.09 1.16 ± 0.1 1.23 ± 0.15 1.02 ± 0.11 1.19 ± 0.08 1.17 ± 0.09
[min, max] [0.92,1.44] [0.98,1.31] [0.91,1.32] [1.17,1.38] [1.03,1.24] [1.08,1.35] [1.08,1.45] [0.94,1.24] [1.08,1.27] [1.08,1.29] n/a
p value 0.46 0.96 0.21 0.042 0.54 0.045 0.037 0.88 0.21 0.62
 svPPA n = 2 Mean ± sd 1.03 ± 0.08 1.07 ± 0.01 1 ± 0.1 1.17 ± 0.1 1.13 ± 0.09 1.12 ± 0.08 1.12 ± 0.07 1 ± 0.1 1.16 ± 0.1 1.21 ± 0.05
[min, max] [0.97,1.09] [1.07,1.08] [0.99,1.01] [1.1,1.24] [1.07,1.19] [1.06,1.17] [1.07,1.18] [0.93,1.07] [1.09,1.22] [1.18,1.24] n/a
p value 0.65 0.75 0.42 0.93 0.96 0.39 0.82 0.89 1 0.15

CL contralateral so symptom onset for CBS group, CMF caudal middle frontal, RMF rostral middle frontal, SF superior frontal, OFL orbitofrontal, IF inferior frontal, IN insula, PO pars opercularis, PT pars triagularis, PC precentral, TL temporal lobe, TP temporal pole, WMCMF white matter caudal middle frontal, IL ipsilateral to symptom onset for CBS group

ROIs with significantly elevated signal compared to controls (p < 0.05) are italicized