Table 5.

Cognitive test performance in younger and older adult drinkers.

		Younger drinkers		Older drinkers
		Estimated mean	95% CI	Estimated mean	95% CI
ATTENTION
Eriksen Flanker Test	Incongruent–Congruent	4.08%	−9.80–17.95%	−16.60%	−24.81–(−8.39)%
	Percent Accuracy*
	Incongruent–Congruent	43.25 ms	2.24–84.25 ms	147.62 ms	123.35–171.88 ms
	Reaction Time*
WORKING MEMORY
1Back Test	Percent Accuracy	98.31%	85.95–110.66%	89.61%	82.30–96.92%
	Reaction Time	777.07 ms	667.20–886.93 ms	857.28 ms	729.26–922.30 ms
Delayed Match to Sample Test	Percent Accuracy≈	86.80%	78.83–94.77%	76.50%	71.79–81.22%
	Reaction Time*	1637.65 ms	933.74–2341.56 ms	4221.14 ms	3804.54–4637.73 ms
SHORT-TERM MEMORY
Spatial Recognition Test	Percent Accuracy*	81.55%	70.02–94.98%	60.50%	55.28–66.22%
	Reaction Time*	1504.97 ms	1205.32–1879.11 ms	2600.83 ms	2280.58–2966.06 ms
Pattern Recognition Test	Percent Accuracy	93.30%	87.61–99.36%	91.37%	88.03–94.83%
	Reaction Time*	1369.64 ms	1182.64–1586.22 ms	2276.83 ms	2087.37–2483.49 ms
Spatial Span Test	Maximum Span Recalled*	6.59	5.60–7.75	5.23	4.75–5.76
Hopkins Verbal Learning Test	Retention	96.82%	77.77–120.53%	95.17%	83.59–108.34%
PROCESSING SPEED
Reaction Time Test	Reaction Time*	269.24 ms	233.84–304.64 ms	323.19 ms	302.24–344.14 ms
Symbol Digit Modality Test	Number Correct*	60.06	52.87–67.25	41.96	37.70–46.21
PLANNING
Stockings of Cambridge Test	Number Answered in Minimum Moves≈	9.45	8.02–10.88	7.63	6.79–8.48
Trails Making Test	Trials B−Trials A Completion Time	39.75 ms	7.84–71.66 ms	36.30 ms	17.41–55.18 ms
RULE LEARNING
Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift Test	Total Number of Errors*	10.02	6.62–15.17	22.18	17.36–28.35
MOTOR CONTROL
Simple Reaction Time Test*	Movement Time	363.62 ms	302.50–437.10 ms	499.91 ms	448.32–557.44 ms

Estimated performance means and 95% confidence intervals associated with each cognitive test collapsed across age.

^*Denotes a statistically significant finding of p ≤ 0.05, and ^≈denotes a nearly significant finding of p = 0.08.