Table 1

Mean age at onset, mean time delay from onset to diagnosis and frequency of frontotemporal dementia

PhenotypeNo of cases (%)Age at onset (years) (mean (SD))Age at onset (years) (median (IQR))Diagnostic delay (months) (mean (SD))Diagnostic delay (months) (median (IQR))Cases with FTD (%)
Classic404 (30.3)62.8 (11.3)64.6 (56.1–70.6)10.9 (9.6)8 (5–13)16 (4.0)
Bulbar456 (34.2)68.8 (9.7)69.9 (62.9–75.0)9.8 (7.0)8 (5–12)41 (9.0)
Flail arm74 (5.5)62.6 (11.8)63.3 (54.8–72.2)12.8 (11.0)9 (5–15)1 (1.4)
Flail leg173 (13.0)65.0 (9.6)65.6 (58.5–71.2)13.1 (10.1)11 (7–17)7 (4.1)
Pyramidal120 (9.1)58.3 (13.5)60.1 (49.2–68.3)15.9 (13.4)12 (6–22)3 (2.5)
Respiratory14 (1.1)62.2 (8.6)62.0 (58.3–65.3)6.4 (4.3)5 (3–9)
PLMN38 (2.9)56.2 (11.3)55.2 (45.7–61.3)15.5 (12.4)14 (10–19)
PUMN53 (4.0)58.9 (10.9)56.5 (48.3–62.6)15.9 (14.3)15 (10–19)2 (3.8%)
Overall ALS133264.3 (11.3)65.3 (59.7–71.8)10.8 (10.4)9 (5–14)70 (5.4%)
p=0.0001*p=0.0001*p=0.0001
  • * ANOVA.

  • χ2 test.

  • Q1–Q3.

  • ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; PLMN, pure lower motor neuron phenotype; PUMN, pure upper motor neuron phenotype.