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. 2020 Jan-Mar;14(1):14–23. doi: 10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-010003

Table 3. Normative data for fluency tests (animals and FAS).

  45-54 years old   55-64 years old
4-7 8-11 12+ 4-7 8-11 12+
Fluency animals MV ± SD 15.6 ± 4.63 18.6 ± 3.62 22.1 ± 5.11   15.4 ± 3.68 15.85 ± 4.80 20.05 ± 5.13
P95 24 26 33   22 23 28
P90 24 24 30   21 23 27
P75 18 21 27   18 21 24
Median 16 18 21   16 17 20
P25 12 16 17   13 11 16
P10 11 13 16   9 9 12
P05 7 11 16   8 9 11
Fluency letter F MV ± SD 10.85 ± 4.57 12.7 ± 2.77 14.4 ± 3.42   9.75 ± 3.48 10.2 ± 3.79 13.4 ± 5.18
P95 21 18 20   16 18 24
P90 17 17 20   14 17 19
P75 15 16 17   12 14 18
Median 11 12 15   10 9 12
P25 7 11 11   8 8 10
P10 5 9 10   3 5 5
P05 5 9 9   2 4 3
Fluency letter A MV ± SD 9.55 ± 4.65 12.3 ± 3.25 12.9 ± 3.89   8.65 ± 4.07 10.05 ± 3.14 12.2 ± 3.59
P95 21 18 20   16 18 24
P90 16 17 18   16 15 17
P75 14 15 17   11 12 15
Median 8 12 12   8 10 13
P25 6 10 10   5 8 9
P10 4 8 7   4 6 7
P05 3 7 5   3 5 6
Fluency letter S MV ± SD 9.4 ± 4.5 11.55 ± 3.24 13.1 ± 3.89   8.6 ± 3.99 10.1 ± 2.57 13.45 ± 4.24
P95 19 20 20   16 16 22
P90 16 16 20   15 14 20
P75 13 14 16   11 12 16
Median 9 11 13   9 10 13
P25 7 10 10   6 8 10
P10 2 7 8   3 7 8
P05 2 6 6   0 7 6
Fluency FAS Média ± DP 29.8 ± 12.73 36.55 ± 7.19 40.4 ± 8.61   27 ± 9.47 30.35 ± 7.75 39.05 ± 11.55
P95 60 51 55   45 48 61
P90 48 48 50   41 44 53
P75 38 43 48   34 36 48
Median 29 36 42   24 30 42
P25 21 30 31   21 24 30
P10 14 28 29   12 21 20
P05 10 28 25   9 20 18

Source: authors. n = 20 for each group.