Table 2

Descriptive data for patients with FTD, DLB and AD

FTD (n=12)DLB (n=10)AD (n=9)p Value
Sex ratio
 Male/female8/46/46/3NS
Age at onset of dementia
 Median65.577.073.00.035
 Mean (SD)65.5 (9.5)75.0 (9.1)72.0 (9.2)
Age at time of FP-CIT SPECT
 Median70.081.577.00.028
 Mean (SD)69.3 (9.5)77.9 (8.4)76.2 (7.3)
Years of education
 Median9.09.09.0NS
 Mean (SD)10.3 (2.4)9.3 (1.3)10.1 (1.8)
Past psychiatric history
 Yes/no1/110/102/7NS
SSRI at scan
 Yes/no8/40/90/90.000
  • p Value <0.05.

  • AD, Alzheimer's disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; FP-CIT, [123I]N-ω-fluoropropyl-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)nortropane; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; NS, non-significant; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.