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. 2020 Mar 4;31(4):855–864. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019100988

Table 7.

Performance of screening tests in predicting severe cognitive impairment within a single domain

Screening Test Cognitive Domain Na nb AUC(95% CI)
MoCA Executive 145 45 0.74 (0.65 to 0.83)
Memory 148 38 0.80 (0.72 to 0.87)
Attention 148 53 0.72 (0.63 to 0.81)
Digit Symbol substitutionc Executive 143 43 0.70 (0.60 to 0.81)
Memory 144 37 0.59 (0.48 to 0.70)
Attention 144 37 0.80 (0.70 to 0.89)
Trails Bd Executive 139 8 0.70 (0.46 to 0.95)
Memory 141 33 0.63 (0.52 to 0.74)
Attention 141 48 0.76 (0.67 to 0.84)
Mini-Cog Executive 145 45 0.71 (0.62 to 0.80)
Memory 148 39 0.71 (0.61 to 0.80)
Attention 148 52 0.63 (0.54 to 0.72)
3MS Executive 146 46 0.66 (0.55 to 0.77)
Memory 148 38 0.71 (0.61 to 0.81)
Attention 148 53 0.71 (0.62 to 0.80)
MMSE Executive 146 46 0.70 (0.60 to 0.80)
Memory 148 38 0.69 (0.59 to 0.80)
Attention 148 53 0.64 (0.54 to 0.74)
a

N=total number of participants with sufficient data.

b

n=number of participants with severe impairment.

c

Digit Symbol removed from attention domain, AUC=0.84 (95% CI, 0.77 to 0.91) when included.

d

Trails B removed from executive domain, AUC=0.89 (95% CI, 0.83 to 0.96) when included.