Clinical diagnostic features of 30 patients with probable and possible dementia with Lewy bodies
| Patient | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| *Stage of dementia: 1, mild; 2, moderate; 3, severe. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Case 5: silent infarction in right occipital region found on computed tomography of the head; case 15: previous abuse of alcohol; case 16: previous abuse of alcohol and a possible transient ischaemic attack >10 years earlier. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡A = probable DLB, B = possible DLB. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; y, year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sex | F | M | F | F | M | F | F | F | M | F | F | F | F | F | M | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Age (y) | 75 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 91 | 95 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 91 |
| Place of residence in community | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + |
| Stage of dementia* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| MMSE score | 12 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 13 |
| Duration of dementia (y) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Cognitive decline | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Attentional, frontal-subcortical, or visuo-spatial deficiencies | + | + | − | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| Fluctuations | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | + |
| Visual hallucinations | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − |
| Parkinsonism | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − |
| Repeated falls | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| Syncope | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Transient loss of consciousness | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Neuroleptic sensitivity | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Systematic delusions | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Other hallucinations | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Other disease† | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| DLB by McKeith‡ | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B |