Table 2.
Scoring of participants on CST, FAS and SVF tests.
| Age | Years' education | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 8 | 9 to 11 | >11 years | |||||||
| N | M (SD) | N | M (SD) | N | M (SD) | ||||
| 18-39 years | FAS Sum of letters | 54 | 28.28 (8.61) | 58 | 31.76 (8.21) | 137 | 41.56 (9.04) | ||
| SVF | 54 | 14.48 (3.05) | 58 | 17.55 (4.49) | 137 | 21.40 (4.60) | |||
| CST | 54 | 3.96 (1.74) | 58 | 4.93 (1.39) | 137 | 5.67 (0.79) | |||
| 40-59 years | FAS Sum of letters | 72 | 31.93 (9.41) | 49 | 32.33 (6.85) | 77 | 43.06 (10.63) | ||
| SVF | 72 | 14.58 (3.48) | 49 | 15.86 (4.10) | 77 | 20.43 (4.06) | |||
| CST | 72 | 4.15 (1.81) | 49 | 4.78 (1.56) | 77 | 5.48 (1.26) | |||
| 60-69 years | FAS Sum of letters | 47 | 27.00 (7.81) | 41 | 34.22 (8.11) | 83 | 40.31(10.55) | ||
| SVF | 47 | 12.89 (3.66) | 41 | 15.98 (3.47) | 83 | 18.63 (4.18) | |||
| CST | 47 | 4.40 (1.51) | 41 | 5.05 (1.27) | 83 | 5.52 (0.88) | |||
| 70-89 years | FAS Sum of letters | 34 | 32.21 (7.45) | 31 | 33.65 (7.81) | 71 | 39.66 (9.57) | ||
| SVF | 34 | 14.03 (2.44) | 31 | 15.00 (3.77) | 71 | 19.18 (5.57) | |||
| CST | 34 | 4.56 (1.71) | 31 | 4.13 (1.43) | 71 | 5.32 (1.16) | |||
CST: Card Sorting Test; FAS: Phonemic Verbal Fluency Test; SVF: Semantic Verbal Fluency Test; M: mean; SD: standard deviation.