Table I.
Participant characteristics
| Age group (years) | n (M/W) | Education | Vocabulary | MMSE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| 60 | 63 (26/37) | 14.1 | 3.2 | 25.3 | 3.2 | 29.5 | 0.5 |
| 66 | 48 (16/32) | 12.9 | 3.8 | 24.7 | 3.3 | 29.3 | 1.0 |
| 72 | 40 (15/25) | 11.2 | 3.4 | 23.8 | 3.8 | 29.1 | 1.0 |
| 78 | 44 (14/30) | 11.7 | 4.2 | 22.5 | 4.9 | 29.0 | 1.1 |
| 81 | 31 (11/20) | 11.0 | 4.9 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 28.8 | 0.9 |
| 84 | 22 (6/16) | 11.1 | 3.2 | 23.5 | 4.3 | 28.9 | 0.8 |
| 87 | 12 (5/7) | 10.2 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 5.2 | 28.0 | 1.8 |
| 60–72 | 151 (57/94) | 13.0 | 3.6 | 24.7 | 3.4 | 29.3 | 0.9 |
| 78–87 | 109 (36/73) | 11.2 | 4.1 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 28.8 | 1.1 |
| Total | 260 (93/167) | 12.2 | 3.9 | 23.7 | 4.2 | 29.1 | 1.0 |
Note: Education, years of education; vocabulary, A 30‐item, multiple‐choice synonym test [Dureman, 1960]; MMSE, mini‐mental state examination [Folstein et al., 1975]; M, men; W, women.