Table 4.

Normative values for EMSE total score by age-group and sex (group without dementia)

	Age-group (years)
	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85+
Men (total)	1404	1325	1072	697	293
Median	54	54	53	51	48
5th, 10th pcntle	44,48	43,46	41,44	38,42	31,35
25th, 75th pcntle	52,57	50,56	49,55	46,54	42,52
90th, 95th pcntle	58,59	58,59	57,58	56,57	55,56
Mean*	54.7	54.0	52.4	51.1	48.5
+/- 1 SD*	49–58	47–57	45–57	43–55	38–54
+/- 2 SDs*	37–59	34–59	31–59	30–58	20–57
Women (total)	1701	1699	1642	1244	746
Median	54	53	52	48	46
5th, 10th pcntle	43,46	42,45	40,43	34,38	30,35
25th, 75th pcntle	51,57	49,56	47,55	44,53	41,51
90th, 95th pcntle	58,59	57,58	56,58	55,56	54,55
Mean*	54.4	53.3	51.8	49.2	47.0
+/- 1 SD*	48–58	46–57	44–56	40–54	36–53
+/- 2 SDs*	34–59	32–59	30–58	23–57	16–57

* Back-transformed; pcntle Percentile of the distribution; SD Standard deviation