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Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2011 May;68(5):631–636. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.82

Table 3.

Neuropsychological test score (mean (sd)) by cognitive status among 1299 oldest old women.

Neuropsychological Test	Normal N = 767	MCI N = 301	Dementia N = 231	p-value^a
3MS^d	92.6 (4.5)	84.6 (6.4)^c	72.7 (13.6)^c	<0.0001
Trails B	148 (76)	239 (183)^c	285 (206)^c	<0.0001
CVLT Immediate Recall^d	25.7 (4.2)	20.8 (4.2)^c	16.9 (5.0)^c	<0.0001
CVLT Delayed Recall^d	6.6 (1.6)	3.7 (2.4)^c	1.3 (1.7)^c	<0.0001
Forward Digit Span	7.5 (2.1)	7.2 (2.1)^b	7.0 (2.2)^b	0.003
Backward Digit Span	6.0 (2.0)	5.0 (1.8)^c	4.7 (1.8)^c	<0.0001
Verbal Fluency	11.6 (4.0)	9.4 (3.8)^c	8.4 (3.6)^c	<0.0001
Category Fluency	11.7 (3.1)	9.5 (3.0)^c	6.9 (3.1)^c	<0.0001

P-value by ANOVA across all groups

^b,c

P-values for pairwise comparisons with normal cognitive function are ^bp<0.05 or ^cp<0.001

3MS = Modified Mini-Mental Examination, CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test