Table 3.
Comparison of the performance of the MoCA variants to that of the original MoCA in identifying the baseline diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment or dementia (n=4,606).
| MoCA variant | Overall sample (n=4,606) | ≤12 years of education (n=724) | >12 years of education (n=3,882) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUC, % (95% CI) | P-valuea | AUC, % (95% CI) | P-valuea | AUC, % (95% CI) | P-valuea | |||
| Original MoCA | 89.3 (88.4–90.2) | Ref | 87.8 (85.4–90.3) | Ref | 89.5 (88.5–90.5) | Ref | ||
| Roalf (2016) | 88.9 (88.0–89.9) | 0.500 | 87.3 (84.8–90.0) | 1.000 | 89.0 (87.9–90.0) | 0.161 | ||
| Wong (2015) | 88.4 (87.4–89.3) | 0.063 | 88.3 (85.9–90.7) | 1.000 | 88.1 (87.1–89.2) | 0.005 | ||
| Horton (2015) | 88.5 (87.5–89.4) | 0.044 | 87.4 (85.0–89.9) | 1.000 | 88.3 (87.3–89.4) | 0.007 | ||
| Bezdicek (2018) | 88.7 (87.8–89.6) | 0.003 | 86.4 (83.7–89.1) | 0.018 | 88.8 (87.8–89.8) | 0.007 | ||
| Dong (2016) | 88.3 (87.4–89.2) | 0.017 | 88.2 (85.8–90.5) | 1.000 | 88.0 (87.0–89.1) | <0.001 | ||
| Bocti (2013) | 87.7 (86.7–88.7) | <0.001 | 85.9 (86.7–88.7) | 0.107 | 87.8 (86.7–88.9) | <0.001 | ||
| Mai (2013) | 87.7 (86.7–88.6) | <0.001 | 86.2 (83.5–88.9) | 0.373 | 87.5 (86.5–88.6) | <0.001 | ||
MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristics curve; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference.
a
Bonferroni-adjusted p-values in the comparisons of AUC between the original MoCA and the respective short versions. Bold-faced p-values are ≤0.05 and indicate that the AUC of the respective short variant was significantly different from that of the original MoCA.