Table 1.

Demographic and language profiles for each group

PPA-S N = 9 (5 F)PPA-GL N = 24 (11 F)Control N = 23 (12 F)
Age62.3 (6.5)66.5 (8)63 (6.3)
Education15.4 (2.7)16.2 (2)15.7 (2.6)
WAB–AQ80 (8)*78.7 (21.5)*99.7 (0.7)a
BNT10.7 (10.7)*,**39 (18.1)*58.5 (2)
PPVT14.9 (4.9)*,**32.7 (3.5)*35.2 (1.4)
PPT–Pictures41.2 (5.4)*,**50.1 (1.3)*51.2 (1.1)
PPT–Words39.3 (6.6)*,**49.8 (2.1)*51.7 (7)
WAB–Rep88.2 (7.6)*71.2 (27.2)*99.1 (1.9)
NAT8.1 (2.8)*7.1 (2.3)*9.7 (0.7)
WPM90 (17.9)*93.6 (40.5)*131.9 (19.6)a
  • Values represent mean (SD). All groups were matched for age and years of education. PPA patients were sorted into two groups, PPA-S and PPA-GL. Both PPA groups showed lower performance on all language measures compared with controls. PPA-S patients showed lower performance than PPA-GL patients on measures of naming and semantic judgment. Education, Years of education; WAB–AQ, –Rep, Western Aphasia Battery–Aphasia Quotient, –Repetition; BNT, Boston Naming Test; PPVT, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; PPT, Pyramids and Palm Trees Test; NAT, Northwestern Anagram Test; WPM, words per minute.

  • aBased on a separate set of 12 controls who were equivalent in age and years of education to the current control group.

  • *p < 0.05 versus controls;

  • **p < 0.05 versus PPA-GL.