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Published in final edited form as: Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Jul 9;21(6):1051–1062. doi: 10.1017/S1041610209990214

Table 3.

Mean (SD), median and selected percentile scores on the Animal Fluency Task score, N=1857, combined samples

Race/ethnicity African American, n=527
Gender Women, n=373 Men, n=154 Both genders,
n=527
Education <HS >=HS Both
education
groups
<HS >=HS Both
education
groups
<HS >=HS Both
education
groups
n=209 n=164 n=373 n=94 n=60 n=154 n=303 n=224 n=527
Age <80 years Mean (SD) 13.8 (4.0) 15.0 (4.5) 14.3 (4.3) 14.4 (3.9) 16.9 (4.9) 15.2 (4.4) 14.0 (4.0) 15.5 (4.7) 14.6 (4.3)
Median 13 15 13.5 14 16.5 15 13 15 14
10th%tile 9 10 10 9 11 9 9 10 10
5th%tile 8 10 8 8 9 9 8 9 8
n 116 102 218 71 36 107 187 138 325
>=80 years Mean (SD) 13.2 (4.2) 14.4 (4.4) 13.7 (4.3) 13.6 (3.6) 17.0 (4.1) 15.3 (4.2) 13.3 (4.1) 15.1 (4.4) 14.0 (4.3)
Median 13 14 13 14 17 15 13 14 14
10th%tile 8 10 8 9 13 9 8 10 9
5th%tile 7 8 7 6 12 7 6 8 7
n 93 62 155 23 24 47 116 86 202
Both age groups Mean(SD) 13.5 (4.1) 14.8 (4.5) 14.1 (4.3) 14.2 (3.8) 16.9 (4.6) 15.2 (4.3) 13.7 (4.0) 15.3 (4.6) 14.4 (4.3)
Median 13 14 13 14 17 15 13 15 14
10th%tile 9 10 9 9 12 9 9 10 9
5th%tile 8 8 8 8 10 8 8 9 8
n 209 164 373 94 60 154 303 224 527
Race/ethnicity White, n=1330
Gender Women, n=835 Men, n=495 Both genders, n=1330
Education <HS >=HS Both education groups <HS >=HS Both education groups <HS >=HS Both education groups
n=98 n=737 n=835 n=67 n=428 n=495 n=165 n=1165 n=1330

Age <80 years Mean(SD) 15.6 (4.3) 17.8 (4.3) 17.6 (4.3) 14.8 (4.5) 17.6 (4.7) 17.3 (4.8) 15.3 (4.4) 17.7 (4.4) 17.5 (4.5)
Median 15 18 18 15 17 17 15 17 17
10th%tile 9 12 12 10 12 12 10 12 12
5th%tile 9 11 11 9 11 10 9 11 11
n 39 462 501 26 265 291 65 727 792
>=80 years Mean (SD) 13.7 (3.9) 15.0 (4.3) 14.8 (4.2) 15.2 (5.2) 15.7 (4.4) 15.6 (4.5) 14.4 (4.5) 15.3 (4.3) 15.1 (4.3)
Median 13 15 15 15 16 15 14 15 15
10th%tile 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10
5th%tile 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
n 59 275 334 41 163 204 100 438 538
Both age groups Mean (SD) 14.5 (4.2) 16.7 (4.5) 16.5 (4.5) 15.1 (4.9) 16.9 (4.7) 16.6 (4.7) 14.7 (4.5) 16.8 (4.5) 16.5 (4.6)
Median 14 17 16 15 17 16 14 17 16
10th%tile 9 11 11 9 11 11 9 11 11
5th%tile 8 10 9 9 10 9 9 10 9
n 98 737 835 67 428 495 165 1165 1330