Table 1.
Subjects’ characteristics and performance on neuropsychological tests
| Decade | Age (years) | Education (years) | Vocabulary Scale (WAIS-R) | Mini-Mental State | Beck’s Depression Inventory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| 21–30 | 23.68 (2.40) | 24.25 (2.40) | 15.85 (1.65) | 16.04 (1.96) | 12.89 (1.47) | 13.14 (1.38) | 29.16 (1.04) | 29.20 (1.06) | 6.17 (4.97) | 6.10 (5.05) |
| 31–40 | 35.74 (3.05) | 34.74 (2.81) | 15.44 (3.35) | 16.54 (3.55) | 12.50 (1.53) | 12.66 (1.77) | 28.98 (1.16) | 28.78 (1.13) | 6.86 (5.39) | 5.07 (4.49) |
| 41–50 | 46.33 (2.90) | 46.30 (3.09) | 14.13 (4.07) | 15.79 (4.34) | 12.62 (1.75) | 12.70 (1.77) | 28.70 (1.36) | 28.70 (1.16) | 7.14 (5.16) | 6.02 (4.82) |
| 51–60 | 55.52 (2.87) | 54.77 (2.90) | 13.72 (4.57) | 15.11 (4.58) | 12.69 (1.63) | 12.68 (1.62) | 28.38 (1.49) | 28.58 (1.23) | 6.50 (4.82) | 5.30 (4.74) |
| 61–70 | 65.39 (2.88) | 65.50 (2.77) | 12.57 (4.06) | 14.81 (5.04) | 12.50 (1.81) | 13.02 (1.95) | 28.34 (1.40) | 28.33 (1.34) | 7.82 (5.55) | 5.38 (4.45) |
| 71–80 | 74.72 (2.64) | 74.89 (2.58) | 12.37 (4.77) | 13.39 (4.40) | 13.02 (1.82) | 12.69 (1.63) | 28.27 (1.41) | 27.74 (1.60) | 7.95 (5.05) | 7.79 (4.96) |
Means and standard deviations are indicated in parenthesis. In each of the six decades, 125 women and 125 men participated