Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of FTD patients according to serum anti-GluA3 antibody dosage.

From: Anti-AMPA GluA3 antibodies in Frontotemporal dementia: a new molecular target

Variable

FTD (all)

FTD-GluA3+

FTD-GluA3−

P*

Number

175

41

134

 

Age onset, y

62.9 ± 7.0

62.1 ± 7.5

63.2 ± 6.8

n.s.

Age at diagnosis, y

65.7 ± 7.2

64.8 ± 7.7

65.9 ± 7.1

n.s.

Sex, F%

40.6 (71)

34.1 (14)

42.5 (57)

n.s.

FH (AD), %

7.4 (13)

4.8 (2)

8.2 (11)

n.s.

Education, y

8.9 ± 4.3

9.1 ± 4.0

8.8 ± 4.3

n.s.

bvFTD, %

70.9 (124)

63.4 (26)

73.1 (98)

n.s.

CSF Abeta (pg/ml)

839.3 ± 404.5

779.2 ± 339.3

859.9 ± 425.0

n.s.

CSF Tau (pg/ml)

403.4 ± 278.5

332.4 ± 241.5

426.3 ± 287.3

n.s.

CSF pTau (pg/ml)

61.2 ± 59.4

48.9 ± 31.4

65.1 ± 65.5

n.s.

  1. FTD: Frontotemporal dementia; GluA3+: patients with anti-GluA3 antibodies; GluA3−: patients without anti-GluA3 antibodies; y: years; F: female; FH (AD): autosomal dominant family history; bvFTD: behavioural variant FTD; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid. *P-values between GluA3+ vs. GluA3−; n.s.: not significant.