Table 3. Sensitivity and Specificity of the MMSE for Detecting Neuropsychological Impairment in Heart Failure.
| Overall Battery | Attention | Executive Function | Memory | Visuospatial Ability | ||||||
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| MMSE cut-off | Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity |
| <23 | .08 | .98 | .08 | .98 | .08 | .96 | .05 | .95 | .06 | 1.0 |
| <24 | .28 | .92 | .25 | .88 | .36 | .88 | .27 | .85 | .21 | .95 |
| <25 | .34 | .92 | .31 | .88 | .40 | .85 | .32 | .82 | .25 | .95 |
| <26 | .43 | .87 | .40 | .81 | .48 | .78 | .41 | .75 | .33 | .91 |
| <27 | .60 | .75 | .56 | .69 | .72 | .67 | .55 | .61 | .46 | .73 |
| <28 | .70 | .66 | .65 | .59 | .84 | .58 | .68 | .52 | .54 | .55 |
| <29 | .83 | .49 | .75 | .40 | .96 | .42 | .86 | .38 | .70 | .45 |