Table 3.
Performance in verbal fluency (VFA), word list memory (WLM), word list recall (WLR) and word list savings (WLS) by education levels, age groups and gender
| Age, years | Education |
Gender |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lowest |
middle |
highest |
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| men | women | men | women | men | women | men | women | |||||||||
| VFA, animal category | ||||||||||||||||
| 30–39 | 24.9 | (8.0) | 25.6 | (5.1) | 24.2 | (7.1) | 25.6 | (7.3) | 28.5 | (7.0) | 27.6 | (6.8) | 26.0 | (7.5) | 26.9 | (7.0) |
| 40–49 | 24.2 | (8.0) | 26.4 | (6.6) | 25.8 | (7.2) | 25.6 | (6.6) | 29.1 | (7.3) | 27.9 | (6.7) | 27.0 | (7.5) | 27.0 | (6.7) |
| 50–54 | 23.4 | (7.2) | 22.9 | (6.6) | 24.9 | (7.5) | 24.7 | (6.5) | 27.1 | (6.6) | 27.0 | (6.8) | 25.4 | (7.2) | 25.7 | (6.8) |
| 55–59 | 22.5 | (7.3) | 23.2 | (5.3) | 23.3 | (8.0) | 24.6 | (6.8) | 28.1 | (6.8) | 26.2 | (6.4) | 24.4 | (7.8) | 24.9 | (6.4) |
| 60–64 | 21.9 | (7.3) | 23.6 | (5.8) | 23.2 | (6.7) | 24.6 | (5.6) | 27.6 | (6.7) | 26.7 | (7.2) | 24.0 | (7.3) | 25.1 | (6.4) |
| 65–69 | 21.5 | (6.2) | 22.3 | (5.6) | 23.0 | (7.9) | 23.1 | (5.9) | 27.0 | (6.5) | 27.3 | (5.9) | 23.4 | (7.2) | 24.2 | (6.1) |
| 70–74 | 20.9 | (5.9) | 20.7 | (6.1) | 21.4 | (6.0) | 21.3 | (5.4) | 28.0 | (5.7) | 25.1 | (6.1) | 22.4 | (6.5) | 21.6 | (6.1) |
| ≥75 | 17.5 | (5.1) | 18.0 | (6.7) | 20.4 | (6.1) | 18.8 | (7.5) | 23.3 | (5.9) | 23.6 | (7.9) | 19.3 | (5.9) | 18.9 | (7.2) |
|
WLM 30–39 |
21.3 | (6.0) | 22.6 | (3.8) | 22.6 | (3.2) | 23.4 | (3.7) | 23.6 | (2.8) | 24.7 | (2.8) | 22.9 | (3.5) | 24.2 | (3.2) |
| 40–49 | 20.2 | (3.1) | 22.0 | (4.7) | 21.8 | (3.2) | 23.7 | (2.9) | 23.5 | (3.1) | 24.5 | (3.3) | 22.4 | (3.3) | 24.1 | (3.3) |
| 50–54 | 21.2 | (3.4) | 21.2 | (4.0) | 21.5 | (3.2) | 23.0 | (3.4) | 22.7 | (3.9) | 24.3 | (3.2) | 21.9 | (3.5) | 23.4 | (3.5) |
| 55–59 | 18.6 | (3.9) | 22.3 | (3.6) | 20.5 | (4.0) | 22.6 | (3.4) | 22.3 | (3.0) | 23.6 | (3.2) | 20.4 | (4.0) | 22.9 | (3.4) |
| 60–64 | 18.7 | (4.0) | 21.6 | (4.0) | 19.6 | (3.1) | 22.2 | (3.3) | 22.8 | (3.6) | 23.0 | (3.4) | 20.2 | (4.0) | 22.3 | (3.6) |
| 65–69 | 18.1 | (4.1) | 20.1 | (3.5) | 19.7 | (3.1) | 21.6 | (3.6) | 21.2 | (3.9) | 23.2 | (3.4) | 19.4 | (3.9) | 21.5 | (3.7) |
| 70–74 | 17.3 | (3.8) | 19.7 | (3.5) | 18.3 | (3.7) | 19.8 | (3.6) | 21.7 | (4.0) | 22.4 | (3.7) | 18.4 | (4.2) | 20.2 | (3.7) |
| ≥75 | 15.6 | (4.0) | 17.0 | (4.0) | 17.6 | (3.6) | 17.2 | (4.5) | 17.6 | (4.7) | 20.6 | (4.7) | 16.5 | (4.1) | 17.5 | (4.3) |
|
WLR 30–39 |
8.1 | (2.1) | 8.5 | (1.6) | 8.2 | (1.6) | 8.3 | (1.5) | 8.4 | (1.5) | 8.8 | (1.2) | 8.3 | (1.6) | 8.6 | (1.3) |
| 40–49 | 7.5 | (2.0) | 7.5 | (2.3) | 7.7 | (1.5) | 8.4 | (1.5) | 8.3 | (1.4) | 8.8 | (1.2) | 8.0 | (1.5) | 8.6 | (1.4) |
| 50–54 | 7.6 | (1.8) | 7.3 | (2.0) | 7.5 | (1.5) | 7.9 | (1.9) | 7.8 | (1.6) | 8.6 | (1.4) | 7.6 | (1.6) | 8.2 | (1.7) |
| 55–59 | 6.4 | (2.2) | 7.5 | (1.7) | 7.1 | (2.0) | 8.1 | (1.7) | 7.7 | (1.6) | 8.4 | (1.5) | 7.0 | (2.0) | 8.1 | (1.6) |
| 60–64 | 6.1 | (2.1) | 7.2 | (1.8) | 6.6 | (1.5) | 7.5 | (1.8) | 7.8 | (1.6) | 8.0 | (1.6) | 6.8 | (1.9) | 7.6 | (1.8) |
| 65–69 | 5.7 | (1.9) | 6.7 | (1.8) | 6.5 | (1.4) | 7.5 | (1.7) | 6.8 | (1.9) | 8.1 | (1.4) | 6.3 | (1.8) | 7.3 | (1.7) |
| 70–74 | 5.7 | (2.1) | 6.5 | (2.1) | 5.9 | (1.9) | 6.7 | (2.1) | 7.4 | (1.7) | 8.0 | (1.6) | 6.1 | (2.1) | 6.8 | (2.0) |
| ≥75 | 4.9 | (1.7) | 5.5 | (2.0) | 5.6 | (1.8) | 5.6 | (2.7) | 6.0 | (2.1) | 7.1 | (1.9) | 5.3 | (1.8) | 5.7 | (2.2) |
| WLS, %30–39 | 94.4 | (7.3) | 96.8 | (8.8) | 92.6 | (11.5) | 91.4 | (11.0) | 91.6 | (11.3) | 93.9 | (8.9) | 92.3 | (11.1) | 93.2 | (9.7) |
| 40–49 | 89.4 | (13.8) | 86.9 | (22.1) | 89.5 | (11.1) | 91.3 | (11.3) | 92.0 | (9.8) | 94.3 | (8.3) | 90.5 | (10.9) | 92.9 | (10.7) |
| 50–54 | 89.0 | (12.3) | 87.6 | (13.6) | 87.6 | (12.2) | 88.0 | (16.4) | 89.6 | (12.1) | 93.0 | (9.6) | 88.6 | (12.1) | 90.4 | (13.2) |
| 55–59 | 81.2 | (21.3) | 84.1 | (13.2) | 87.3 | (15.9) | 90.8 | (11.9) | 87.5 | (12.4) | 91.1 | (11.9) | 85.6 | (17.0) | 89.2 | (12.6) |
| 60–64 | 80.6 | (19.2) | 84.5 | (16.0) | 84.9 | (14.5) | 87.2 | (15.3) | 87.2 | (11.9) | 89.3 | (14.4) | 84.0 | (15.9) | 87.1 | (15.2) |
| 65–69 | 77.7 | (19.1) | 83.6 | (15.2) | 84.3 | (16.0) | 87.3 | (13.6) | 82.8 | (18.1) | 91.4 | (10.0) | 81.3 | (17.9) | 87.1 | (13.6) |
| 70–74 | 79.9 | (21.4) | 80.5 | (18.4) | 81.0 | (20.3) | 84.6 | (15.4) | 87.5 | (14.8) | 91.0 | (10.7) | 81.7 | (20.0) | 83.4 | (16.9) |
| >75 | 75.2 | (20.6) | 78.2 | (20.1) | 77.6 | (17.9) | 75.6 | (29.0) | 82.0 | (19.8) | 87.8 | (15.0) | 77.1 | (19.7) | 79.0 | (21.5) |
Numbers are means and standard deviations in parentheses.