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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2025 May 9;39(2):75–81. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000668

TABLE 2.

Performances on Neuropsychological Assessments by Self-reported Current Primary Language Used for Oral Communication

Self-reported current primary language Zuni (N = 18) English (N = 21) Total (N = 39) t or χ2 score P Cohen d

MoCA* 25.5 [22.0;28.0] 27.0 [26.0;28.5] 27.0 [23.0;28.0] 1.06 0.30 0.33
Craft-I 36.3 ± 11.3 38.4 ± 10.7 37.5 ± 10.9 0.56 0.58 0.19
Craft-D 37.9 ± 10.9 39.5 ± 8.2 38.7 ± 9.5 0.53 0.60 0.17
Benson-I* 58.2 [57.3;59.2] 58.0 [50.2;58.6] 58.2 [50.5;59.0] 0.89 0.35 −0.32
Benson-D 46.3 ± 9.9 48.6 ± 11.1 47.5 ± 10.5 0.71 0.49 0.22
NS-F 40.3 ± 8.1 41.5 ± 8.6 40.9 ± 8.3 0.44 0.66 0.14
NS-B 40.7 ± 4.8 38.2 ± 8.0 39.4 ± 6.7 −1.16 0.26 −0.37
MINT 39.3 ± 7.6 41.9 ± 9.8 40.7 ± 8.8 0.91 0.37 0.29
Fluency F+L 37.9 ± 6.7 37.0 ± 8.0 37.4 ± 7.4 −0.38 0.71 −0.12
Animals 38.5 ± 8.6 36.3 ± 8.0 37.3 ± 8.3 −0.83 0.41 −0.27
Vegetables 38.8 ± 10.2 39.1 ± 6.4 39.0 ± 8.3 0.10 0.92 0.03
Trails-A* 37.9 [28.6;45.3] 39.9 [27.9;47.4] 38.5 [28.2;45.5] 0.19 0.66 0.16
Trails-B* 37.2 [32.5;40.1] 38.1 [26.7;47.4] 38.1 [29.1;42.4] 0.20 0.65 −0.05
*

Note: indicates variable is not normally distributed and Kruskal-Wallis test was used to evaluate group differences. MoCA indicates Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Craft-I, Craft Story 21 immediate recall; Craft-D, Craft Story 21 delayed recall; Benson-I, Benson complex figure copy; Benson-D, Benson complex figure delayed recall; NS-F, Number span test forward; NS-B, number span test backwards; MINT, multilingual naming test; Fluency F+L, phonemic test F and L words total; Animals, fluency animal list generation, Vegetables, Fluency vegetables list generation; Trails-A, trail making test part A; Trails-B, trail making test part B.