Table 1 Demographic background of the sample, stratified by Strong profile.

From: The role of cognitive and brain reserve in the clinical presentation and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

 

HC

ALSni

ALSbi

ALSci

ALS-FTD

N

32

45

11

23

5

Age at onset

56.32 (9.76)

54.78 (13.74)

59.94 (11.15)

54.95 (10.93)

chronological age

61.07 (11.19)

59.20 (9.38)

57.90 (12.47)

63.34 (9.50)

56.59 (10.71)

brain age

58.86 (12.51)

55.69 (9.91)

56.80 (14.20)

66.67 (11.51)

62.56 (7.70)

PAD

-2.20 (5.72)

-3.54 (5.46)

-1.10 (3.64)

3.33 (5.95)

5.97 (10.64)

educational years

13.16 (1.69)

13.49 (2.75)

14.00 (2.00)

11.87 (1.71)

13.40 (1.67)

Premorbid IQ

104.41 (8.38)

103.00 (11.79)

102.91 (8.58)

93.57 (9.58)

96.00 (6.89)

Cognitive reserve

40.79 (3.00)

40.43 (4.89)

40.61 (3.33)

36.65 (3.36)

38.07 (2.64)

ALS-FRS-R

39.38 (6.30)

36.09 (7.53)

39.91 (5.08)

43.20 (2.77)

ALS-FRS-R delta

0.53 (0.40)

0.89 (0.92)

0.56 (0.36)

0.39 (0.21)

Disease Duration (months)

34.20 (23.94)

16.75 (12.90)

23.11 (13.28)

23.00 (19.09)

Sex (f/m)

 

27/18

7/4

16/7

4/1

Phenotype (PLS, PMA, UMN, classic, flail arm, flail leg, uncertain)

5/4/3/24/4/3/2

0/1/0/10/0/0/0

1/2/2/15/2/1/0

0/0/3/2/0/0/0

Onset Type (bulbar, limb, uncertain)

27/12/6

5/4/2

11/8/4

1/4/0