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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2016 Mar 24;43:23–33. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.03.014

Table 5.

Variance in cognitive performance attributable to age.

Cognitive Tests Robust Normals SADP Combined Sample
Episodic Memory R2 R2 R2
WMS-R Logical Memory Immediate 0.004 0.181*** 0.064***
WMS-R Logical Memory Delayed 0.007 0.214*** 0.072***
WMS Associate Learning 0.024* 0.185*** 0.067***
FCSRT Total Recall 0.029* 0.125** 0.078***
FCSRT Free Recall 0.039* 0.193*** 0.082***
BVRT Delayed 0.032* 0.298*** 0.124***
Executive/Visuospatial
Trails A (seconds) 0.033* 0.052* 0.045***
Trails B (seconds) 0.065*** 0.240*** 0.132***
WMS-R Digit Span Forward 0.008 0.022 0.014
WMS-R Digit Span Backward 0.016 0.017 0.014
WMS-R Digit Symbol Coding 0.078*** 0.256*** 0.142***
WMS Mental Control 0.036* 0.001 0.010
WAIS Block Design 0.015 0.195*** 0.06***
Language/Semantic
Animal Fluency 0.068*** 0.170*** 0.101***
Vegetable Fluency 0.017 0.072* 0.041**
Word Fluency Letters S&P total 0.016 0.061* 0.026**
Boston Naming Test 0.029* 0.088** 0.053***
WAIS Information 0.005 0.001 0.003
***

p < 0.001

**

p < 0.01

*

p < 0.05