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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 Mar;11(1):34–43. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.11.001

Table 5. Cognitive functioning compared to normative data, by highest education.

< 13 years, n = 8 ≥ 13 years, n = 43


mean ± SD 50th % score, age = 70 years 36,53,54 mean ± SD 50th % score, age = 70 years 36,53,54
Animal naming, # of animal in 60 s 16 ± 3.3 17 21.3 ± 6.5 19
Digits forward, sequence length 5.9 ± 1.0 7.1 6.7 ± 1.1 7.1
Digits backward, sequence length 3.8 ± 1.4 5.3 4.9 ± 1.4 5.3

# = number.