Table 3.

Age, education, and gender specific reference values for Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) examination in U.S. whites (n = 1088), African-Americans (n = 895) and Hispanic/Latinos (n = 316).

	Education 0–12 years		Education >12 years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
U.S. white
70–74	n = 56	n = 29	n = 273	n = 132
	−, 86, 88, 93, 95	−, −, 85, 92, 93	87, 90, 92, 96, 97	84, 87, 91, 94, 97
75–85+	n = 88	n = 31	n = 324	n = 155
	−, 83, 88, 92, 95	−, −, 86, 88, 92	83, 88, 91, 94, 97	83, 86, 88, 91, 95
U.S. African-American
65–69	n = 64	n = 54	n = 183	n = 101
	−, 82, 84, 89, 91	−, 80, 82, 88, 93	84, 88, 89, 92, 95	80, 84, 87, 91, 94
70–85+	n = 106	n = 61	n = 240	n = 86
	78, 79, 81, 86, 90	−, 80, 81, 85, 89	80, 83, 85, 90, 94	−, 82, 86, 89, 93
U.S. Hispanic/Latino
65–69	n = 47	n = 28	n = 37	n = 23
	−, −, 84, 87, 91	−, −, 82, 88, 91	−, −, 88, 93, 96	−, −, 87, 93, 96
70–85+	n = 79	n = 37	n = 32	n = 33
	−, 79, 81, 84, 89	−, −, 78, 83, 89	−, −, 83, 91, 94	−, −, 86, 91, 94

^*Due to the smaller number in each cell, data reported are 2nd, 5th, 10th, 25 & 50th (median) percentiles.; When numbers were too small, the percentile is not given and replaced by −.