Table 1.
Demographic and standard neuropsychological test data by group. Notes: OC = healthy older adults; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination (Folstein, Folstein, & McHugh, 1975); CERAD = CERAD Word List Memory Test (Morris et al., 1989); Trails-B = Trail Making Test Part B (Adjutant General’s Office, 1944); FAS & CAT = Verbal Fluency (Monsch et al., 1992); BNT-15 = 15-item Boston Naming Test (Mack, Freed, Williams, & Henderson, 1992).
| OC | MCI | AD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 74.3 (4.3) | 72.5 (8.7) | 73.6 (9.7) | |
| Years education |
15.8 (3.7) | 16.9 (3.6) | 15.1 (3.9) | |
| MMSE | 29.4 (0.8) | 28.5 (1.6) | 23.9 (2.1) | |
| CERAD | ||||
| Immediate | 22.5 (3.2) | 14.1 (4.5) | 10.1 (3.8) | |
| Delayed | 7.7 (1.6) | 2.4 (1.9) | 0.7 (1.3) | |
| Recognition | 9.8 (0.4) | 7.9 (1.7) | 4.9 (3.7) | |
| Trails-B | 86.5 (27.4) | 127.4 (86) | 251 (98) | |
| FAS | 49.1 (8.9) | 40.2 (11.1) | 26.4 (17.8) | |
| CAT | 49.6 (10.7) | 35.8 (13.1) | 37.1 (12.1) | |
| BNT-15 | ||||
| No cue | 14.6 (0.9) | 13.6 (1.5) | 11.9 (3.1) | |
| Semantic cue | 0.1 (0.2) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.7) | |
| Phonetic Cue | 0.4 (0.8) | 0.8 (1.2) | 1.5 (1.5) | |