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. 2015 Nov 4;2015:872018. doi: 10.1155/2015/872018

Table 2.

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores by age and education in 414 African Americans.

Age (years) Education All
<12 years 12 years 13–15 years 16+ years
N Mean (SD) median N Mean (SD) median N Mean (SD) median N Mean (SD) median N Mean (SD) median
<55 15 18.8 (3.1) 19.0 50 19.3 (3.9) 19.5 66 20.7 (3.4) 20.0 28 23.4 (3.1) 24.0 159 20.5 (3.8) 20.0
55–65 15 18.0 (3.0) 18.0 38 18.4 (3.7) 18.5 74 19.8 (3.3) 20.0 36 22.3 (3.6) 23.0 163 19.8 (3.7) 20.0
>65 15 14.4 (3.3) 15.0 13 17.7 (4.2) 19.0 46 19.2 (2.9) 19.5 18 21.6 (3.1) 21.0 92 18.7 (3.9) 19.0
All 45 17.1 (3.6) 17.0 101 18.7 (3.8) 19.0 186 19.9 (3.3) 20.0 82 22.5 (3.4) 23.0 414 19.8 (3.8) 20.0

Note: MoCA scores are raw scores, with no extra point given for education ≤12 years. N = 414, not 415, because age was missing for one person. Range for age <55 is 35–54; range for >65 is 66–83 years. For participants with <12 years of education, 11 had 5–8 years and 34 had 9–11 years.