Table 2.
Means and Standard Deviations for the Neuropsychological Tests Administered to 92 Older Individuals
| Age in Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Measure | All Ages | 60–65 | 66–70 | 71–75 | 76–80 | 81–85 |
| Vocabulary Score (WAIS-R) | 48.49 (9.66) | 52.94 (6.65) | 47.63 (10.26) | 46.4 (9.23) | 50.5 (8.98) | 44.33 (11.64) |
| Verbal Fluency Total Score | 37.07 (11.66) | 41.39 (11.85) | 37.32 (12.49) | 36.75 (12.39) | 38.2 (6.62) | 30.47 (9.89) |
| WCST Perseverative Responsesa, b | 22.24 (19.23) | 11.44 (8.71) | 21.79 (15.11) | 24.85 (18.87) | 22.25 (17.53) | 32.27 (29.17) |
| Trails B − Trails Aa, b | 63.63 (34.65) | 45.06 (22.81) | 52.16 (29.79) | 64.0 (36.23) | 73.0 (26.53) | 87.47 (44.05) |
| CVLT Total Recall Over 5 Trialsb, c | 41.34 (10.04) | 47.56 (10.92) | 43.11 (8.59) | 42.05 (7.82) | 39.25 (8.89) | 33.47 (9.89) |
| PASATb | 92.61 (45.18) | 118.89 (34.28) | 99.63 (46.08) | 95.7 (42.77) | 86.0 (39.89) | 56.87 (45.49) |
| Prose Reading Timea, b, c | 56.45 (17.80) | 46.44 (6.22) | 57.4 (17.16) | 54.33 (11.49) | 59.17 (18.65) | 66.47 (26.99) |
| Word Reading | 89.70 (15.89) | 96.72 (12.92) | 90.05 (21.66) | 88.4 (11.7) | 89.6 (16.98) | 82.67 (11.82) |
Notes: Values are mean (SD). WCST = Wisconsin Card Sorting Task; CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test; PASAT = Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test.
a
Higher scores reflect poorer performance.
b
MANOVA significant age differences; p < .05.
c
MANOVA significant gender differences; p < .05.