Table 4.
Cross-country comparisons of LASI-DAD with dementia studies from USA (HRS-HCAP) & Mexico (MHAS-MexCog)
| HRS-HCAP (N=3496) | MHAS-Mexcog (N=2042) | LASI-DAD (N=3224) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Demographic variables | |||
| Female (%) | 59.9 | 58.9 | 53.9 |
| Age# | 76.0 | 68.1 | 69.3 |
| Proportion aged < 69 | 25.3 | 59.7 | 58.6 |
| Proportion aged >=70 | 74.7 | 40.3 | 41.4 |
| Education: | |||
| Never attended any school | 0.6 | 17.3 | 47.2 |
| Attended or completed primary school | 5.7 | 55.6 | 26.4 |
| Middle or less than high school | 14.0 | 17.0 | 18.2 |
| High school completed and above | 79.6 | 10.2 | 8.2 |
| Panel B: Cognition (subsample: age 65 to 85) | |||
| Examples of non-modified tests | |||
| Animal naming | 16.4 | 14.4 | 11.3 |
| Word list recall (immediate) | 7.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Word list recall (delayed) | 5.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Word list recognition | 18.7 | 16.1 | 15.8 |
| CSID | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Constructional Praxis (immediate) | 8.2 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| Constructional Praxis (delayed) | 6.0 | 4.8 | 2.5 |
| Examples of modified tests | |||
| Symbol cancellation: correct## | n.a. | 23.5 | 7.8 |
| Symbol cancellation: incorrect | n.a. | 1.0 | 2.1 |
Notes:
#
Minimum age is 65 in HRS-HCAP, 55 in MHAS-MexCog and 60 in LASI-DAD.
##
HRS-HCAP uses the Letter cancellation test for which the maximum value is 37, while the maximum value for symbol cancellation tests in LASI-DAD and MexCog is 60.