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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2008 Nov;15(3):419–427. doi: 10.3233/jad-2008-15308

Table 2.

Table 2a. Cutpoints for Mini-Cog* and FAQ* to classify participants
Normal MCI Dementia
FAQ 0–2; MC 4–6 FAQ 0–2; MC 0–3
FAQ 3–9; MC 0–6
FAQ 10–12; MC 3–6 FAQ 10–12; MC 0–2
FAQ ⩾13; MC=6 FAQ⩾13; MC 0–5
Table 2b. Cutpoints for MMSE* and FAQ* to classify participants
Normal MCI Dementia
FAQ 0–2; MMSE 27–30 FAQ 0; MMSE 0–26 FAQ 1–30; MMSE 0–25
FAQ 1–2; MMSE 26
FAQ 3–30; MMSE 26–30

Mini-Cog scored 0–6 points with 6 the best score; FAQ scored 0–30 points with 0 the best score.

MMSE scored 0–30 points with 30 the best score; FAQ scored 0–30 points with 0 the best score.