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Table 2 Sample size calculation based on the observed mean decline of the sum score within 1 year

From: A language-based sum score for the course and therapeutic intervention in primary progressive aphasia

Treatment effect

All PPA

nfvPPA

svPPA

lvPPA

Mean decline

N per group

Mean decline

N per group

Mean decline

N per group

Mean decline

N per group

Balanced sum score

 10%

–4.35

690

–5.82

712

–3.4

1815

–3.48

709

 20%

–8.7

173

–11.63

178

–6.8

454

–6.97

178

 30%

–13.04

77

–17.45

80

–10.19

202

–10.45

79

 40%

–17.39

44

–23.26

45

–13.59

114

–13.94

45

 50%

–21.74

28

–29.08

29

–16.99

73

–17.42

29

 60%

–26.09

20

–34.9

20

–20.39

51

–20.9

20

 70%

–30.44

15

–40.71

15

–23.79

38

–24.39

15

 80%

–34.78

11

–46.53

12

–27.18

29

–27.87

12

 90%

–39.13

9

–52.34

9

–30.58

23

–31.36

9

 100%

–43.48

7

–58.16

8

–33.98

19

–34.84

8

Unbalanced sum score

 10%

–2.66

1110

–3.53

913

–2.14

1674

–2.32

963

 20%

–5.33

278

–7.06

229

–4.28

419

–4.64

241

 30%

–7.99

124

–10.59

102

–6.42

186

–6.96

107

 40%

–10.66

70

–14.12

58

–8.56

105

–9.28

61

 50%

–13.32

45

–17.65

37

–10.71

67

–11.61

39

 60%

–15.98

31

–21.17

26

–12.85

47

–13.93

27

 70%

–18.65

23

–24.7

19

–14.99

35

–16.25

20

 80%

–21.31

18

–28.23

15

–17.13

27

–18.57

16

 90%

–23.98

14

–31.76

12

–19.27

21

–20.89

12

 100%

–26.64

12

–35.29

10

–21.41

17

–23.21

10

  1. Percent values indicate a reduction in cognitive decline, the required number of cases per group (N per group) corresponds to verum and placebo
  2. The power was set to 80%, and the alpha error level to 5% for the use of a unpaired t test
  3. nfvPPA (N = 27), svPPA (N = 16), lvPPA (N = 12)
  4. lvPPA logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia, nfvPPA nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia, svPPA semantic variant primary progressive aphasia