Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 Sep 21;26(12):1258–1267. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2018.09.009

Table 2:

MoCA Test Characteristics when Distinguishing CN from MCI at Various Cutoff Scores

No Correction
Cutoff Score Sensitivity Specificity Youden’s Index Accuracy
20 18% 100% 0.18 60.97%
21 29% 98% 0.27 64.67%
22 40% 96% 0.36 66.38%
23 56% 89% 0.45 70.66%
24 66% 84% 0.5 67.81%
25 74% 69% 0.43 62.96%
26 84% 54% 0.38 58.69%
Education Correction
Cutoff Score Sensitivity Specificity Youden’s Index Accuracy
20 17% 100% 0.16 60.11%
21 26% 98% 0.24 63.82%
22 39% 96% 0.36 66.95%
23 56% 91% 0.47 71.51%
24 65% 85% 0.5 67.52%
25 74% 70% 0.43 63.82%
26 84% 55% 0.39 59.54%
NACC Regression
z-Score Sensitivity Specificity Youden’s Index Accuracy
−1.5 55% 93% 0.48 75.21%
−1.25 65% 87% 0.52 76.92%
−1 71% 80% 0.51 75.78%
−0.75 77% 69% 0.45 72.36%
−0.5 84% 61% 0.45 71.23%
−0.25 88% 51% 0.40 68.38%
0 90% 40% 0.30 63.53%