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. 2017 May 5;38(8):3804–3822. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23627

Table 1.

Demographic and fMRI details

Country‐1:

Argentina

Country‐2:

Colombia

Country‐3:

Australia

A. Demographic characteristics of the study samples: Details of the comparison the groups of each center
C bvFTD FIS Stats C bvFTD PPA Stats C bvFTD AD Stats
Number 16 16 (+5) 13 29 17 8 15 12 (+2) 13 (+2)
Age 63.50 (7.22) 69.37 (7.29) 62.77 (10.42) NS 61.30 (7.16) 65.23 (8.29) 60.12 (5.81) NS 69.13 (6.59) 65.33 (9.12) 64.07 (7.34) NS
Educa‐tion 16.31 (2.52) 14.60 (4.12) 14.25 (5.61) NS 14.25 (5.60) 13.82 (4.50) 11.50 (4.37) NS 14.15 (2.61) 12.10 (3.33) 12.77 (2.65) NS
Gender F = 9 M = 7 F = 9 M = 7 F = 3 M = 10 NS F = 12 M = 17 F = 12 M = 5 F = 4 M = 4 NS F = 7 M = 8 F = 8 M = 4 F = 5 M = 8 NS
B fMRI acquisition parameters: The specific scanning protocol followed in each center
Firm Philips Intera Philips Achieva Philips Achieva
Teslas 1.5 T 3 T 3 T
N° slices 33 slices 40 slices 29 slices
Voxel size 3.6 mm × 3.6 mm × 4 mm 3 mm × 3 mm × 3 mm 1.88 mm × 1.88 mm × 4.5 mm
Flip angle 90° 90° 90°
Acqui‐sition Ascending. Parallel to the anterior and posterior commissures. Ascending. Parallel to the anterior and posterior commissures. Ascending. Parallel to the anterior and posterior commissures.
Repe‐tition time (TR) 2,777 ms 3,000 ms 2,000 ms
Echo time (TE) 50 ms 30 ms 30 ms
Duration 10 min 5 min 7 min
Instru‐ction Do not think about anything in particular. Do not think about anything in particular. Do not think about anything in particular.
N° volumes 209 120 208
C Movement parameters: Comparison of groups’ movement parameters in each center
C bvFTD FIS Stats C bvFTD PPA Stats C bvFTD AD Stats
Mean translational (mm) 0.11 (0.05) 0.12 (0.07) 0.10 (0.03) NS 0.05 (0.03) 0.05 (0.02) 0.05 (0.04) NS 0.08 (0.04) 0.08 (0.03) 0.11 (0.07) NS
Mean rotational (°) 0.07 (0.03) 0.09 (0.06) 0.08 (0.03) NS 0.03 (0.01) 0.04 (0.02) 0.04 (0.02) NS 0.04 (0.02) 0.05 (0.03) 0.08 (0.02) NS

NS: non‐significant. Mean (SD).