Table 1 Demographics and neuropsychological scales in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and normal controls (NCs)

Age (years)

62.81 ± 7.16

60.00 ± 8.52

0.1579

Gender (F/M)

20/12

20/12

1

Years of education

10.78 ± 3.99

11.78 ± 2.90

0.2561

Age at onset (years)

61.09 ± 7.41

Disease duration (m)

23.81 ± 15.19

Neuropsychological scale

 MMSE

17.69 ± 5.64

28.72 ± 0.92

 < 0.001

 TMT-A

114.72 ± 36.12

45.63 ± 11.30

 < 0.001

 TMT-B

232.19 ± 87.22

65.71 ± 21.88

 < 0.001

 BNT

18.47 ± 7.06

25.78 ± 2.20

 < 0.001

 FBI total

21.09 ± 10.55

0

 < 0.001

 FBI apathy

15.09 ± 7.88

0

 < 0.001

 FBI disinhibition

6.00 ± 5.07

0

 < 0.001

 ADL

32.91 ± 11.46

0

 < 0.001

 CDR® plus NACC FTLD-SB

9.91 ± 5.18

0

 < 0.001

 BEHAV

1.63 ± 0.71

0

 < 0.001

 LANG

0.58 ± 0.53

0

 < 0.001