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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2019 Jul-Sep;33(3):226–232. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000310

Table 3C:

Discrimination (Pearson Correlation) of MoCA items with total score by cognitive status among Hispanics (n=164). Bolded items are those with high (>0.40) discrimination.

MoCA Item Normal Cognition
(n=72)
MCI
(n=45)
Dementia
(n=47)
Discrimination
Index (Pearson
Correlation)
Difficulty
(% Correct)*
Discrimination
Index (Pearson
Correlation)
Difficulty
(% Correct)*
Discrimination
Index (Pearson
Correlation)
Difficulty
(% Correct)*
Trails 0.16 75.0 0.26 68.9 0.64 29.8
Cubes 0.28 56.9 0.26 51.1 0.56 23.4
Clock Contour 0.40 97.2 −0.13 97.8 0.22 89.4
Clock Numbers 0.42 91.7 0.29 88.9 0.56 38.3
Clock Hands 0.38 72.2 0.40 57.8 0.43 23.4
Naming 0.39 77.8 0.29 60.0 0.51 48.9
Digits 0.51 70.8 0.24 62.2 0.67 46.8
Letters 0.11 95.5 −0.04 93.3 0.38 66.0
Serial 7s 0.52 69.4 0.46 53.3 0.70 21.3
Repetition 0.47 47.2 0.45 40.0 0.57 25.5
Fluency 0.31 66.7 0.36 60.0 0.32 19.2
Abstraction 0.61 61.1 0.40 42.2 0.59 23.4
Delayed Recall 0.72 23.6 0.48 6.7 0.56 4.3
Date 0.01 98.6 0.25 86.7 0.59 29.8
Month - 100.0 0.24 97.8 0.58 53.2
Year 0.21 98.6 - 100.0 0.54 61.7
Day 0.14 98.6 0.15 95.6 0.25 51.1
Place −0.09 98.6 −0.03 95.6 0.61 44.7
City −0.09 98.6 0.13 97.8 0.36 78.7
*

For non-binary items, % of individuals scoring full points