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. 2023 Jan 5;15:3. doi: 10.1186/s13195-022-01157-7

Table 1.

Demographic and neuropsychiatric assessment data

BvFTD patients
(n = 33)
Controls
(n =33)
Asymptomatic MAPT carriers
(n = 6)
Noncarriers in the family
(n = 12)
P-value
bvFTD patients
vs controls
P-value
MAPT carriers
vs noncarriers
Age 58.94 ± 9.87 55.82±10.05 49.00 ± 3.90 42.25 ± 9.21 0.20a 0.11a
Sex (male/female) 16/17 15/18 3/3 7/5 0.99c 0.99c
Years of education 10.62 ± 4.64 11.31 ±3.47 8.67 ± 0.52 10.55 ± 3.80 0.52a 0.25a
MMSE 16.52 ± 6.87 28.65 ± 2.07 28.67 ± 0.82 28.36 ± 2.06 <0.0001b 0.74a
MoCA 10.15 ± 6.25 26.06 ± 3.43 26.50 ± 1.23 26.18 ± 3.06 <0.0001b 0.81a
FTLD-CDR 10.98 ± 4.46 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 <0.0001b -
Memory
 AVLT: immediate recall 7.70 ± 7.38 23.81 ± 5.59 23.83 ± 2.32 26.00 ± 7.32 <0.0001a 0.50a
 AVLT: delayed recall 1.35 ± 2.53 8.79 ± 2.98 8.67 ± 2.25 9.27 ± 3.16 <0.0001a 0.69a
Executive function
 TMT-A 111.60±39.95 50.48 ± 24.94 44.33 ± 14.98 42.00 ±18.75 <0.0001b 0.79a
 TMT-B 247.80±82.95 88.44 ± 62.59 85.17 ± 35.37 63.67±31.04 <0.0001a 0.19a
Language
 BNT 11.63 ± 6.39 24.96 ± 3.83 25.00 ± 1.00 24.90 ± 2.08 <0.0001b 0.92a
Behavior features
 FBI total score 26.87 ± 14.94 1.67 ± 4.08 0 (0–6) 0 (0–2) <0.0001b 0.84b
 FBI apathy 17.58 ± 9.02 0.83 ± 2.04 0 (0–4) 0 (0–0) <0.0001b 0.40b
 FBI disinhibition 9.29 ± 7.88 0.83 ± 2.04 0 (0–2) 0 (0–1.5) <0.001b 0.99b

Data are presented as means ± the standard deviations or medians (Q1–Q3)

AVLT auditory verbal learning test, BNT Boston Naming Test, FTLD-CDR Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration-Clinical Dementia Rating, FBI Frontal Behavioral Inventory, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment

aBased on unpaired t-tests

bBased on Mann-Whitney tests

cBased on Pearson’s chi-squared test