Research Article

Delaying Onset of Dementia: Are Two Languages Enough?

Table 3

Demographic measures and age at onset of symptoms of dementia and its subtypes in Indian study.

Group DurationaYears of educationAge at onset of dementiabAge at onset of ADAge at onset of FTDAge at onset of VaD

Monolinguals2572.1 (1.7)5.9 (5.1)61.1 (11.4)65.4 (10.0)55.6 (10.5)57.0 (10.7)

Bilinguals3912.3 (1.9)12.9 (4.9)165.6 (10.0)268.6 (9.6)361.6 (9.0)460.7 (9.7)5

AD: Alzheimer's disease.
FTD: frontotemporal dementia.
VaD: vascular dementia.
aDuration of elapsed time between age at onset and age at first appointment.
bAge at which symptoms were first reported by family.
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