Table 5

Proportion of cases in each group with moderate to severe atrophy (above grade 2)

Temporal areaControls meanAD meanSemantic dementia meanfvFTD meanANOVA p ValuePost hoc tests (Tukey HSD)
C v ADC v Semantic dementiaC v fvFTDAD v semantic dementiaAD v fvFTDSemantic dementia v fvFTD
Temporal pole:
 Left00.170.820.46>0.0005NS<0.05<0.05<0.05NS<0.05
 Right00.110.760.38>0.0005NS<0.05<0.05<0.05NS<0.05
Hippocampus:
 Left0.110.50.880.54>0.0005<0.05<0.05<0.05<0.05NSNS
 Right0.110.50.530.54>0.05<0.05<0.05<0.05NSNSNS
Parahippocampal gyrus:
 Left00.170.820.23>0.0005NS<0.05NS<0.05NS<0.05
 Right00.170.710.38>0.0005NS<0.05<0.05<0.05NSNS
Lateral temporal gyri:
 Left000.590.01>0.0005NS<0.05NS<0.05NSNS
 Right000.350.23>0.0005NS<0.05NS<0.05NSNS
  • C=Control; AD=Alzheimer's disease; fvFTD=frontal variant frontotemporal dementia.