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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychology. 2020 Apr 27;34(6):629–640. doi: 10.1037/neu0000640

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Descriptive Statistics for Raw Cognitive Variables at Baseline

Demographic variables Cognitively normal
sample (n = 2,608)
Dementia prediction
sample (n = 642)
MCI prediction
sample (n = 437)
Age: M (SD) 69.69 (7.88) 71.75 (7.61) 71.54 (7.56)
Education: M (SD) 16.36 (2.54) 16.47 (2.67) 16.48 (2.59)
% Female 64.70% 51.10% 56.50%
Racial breakdown
 White 77.50% 80.20% 76.70%
 Black/African American 18.10% 15.30% 17.40%
 American Indian/Alaska Native 1.30% 1.60% 2.10%
 Asian 2.00% 2.30% 3.00%
 Unknown/other 0.70% 0.60% 1.00%
Ethnic breakdown
 Hispanic 3.90% 1.50% 3.90%
 Non-Hispanic 95.90% 98.00% 95.90%
Cognitive variables M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
 Benson Figure Copy 15.50 (1.37) 17.44 (12.38) 17.51 (12.22)
 Benson Figure Recall 11.24 (2.98) 12.14 (13.64) 13.22 (13.14)
 Trailmaking Test part A 32.33 (13.21) 56.42 (141.63) 54.85 (144.99)
 Trailmaking Test part B 86.06 (45.12) 122.69 (165.57) 108.12 (149.21)
 Letter fluency 27.50 (8.37) 28.85 (14.42) 30.08 (13.59)
 Number Span Forward 8.22 (2.32) 10.29 (14.07) 10.41 (14.13)
 Number Span Backward 6.94 (2.22) 8.95 (14.28) 9.24 (14.31)
 Vegetable Naming 14.63 (4.07) 15.41 (12.93) 16.54 (12.95)
 Animal Naming 21.13 (5.66) 21.40 (11.59) 22.86 (11.57)
 Multilingual Naming Test 29.94 (2.31) 31.41 (11.13) 31.75 (10.65)
 Craft Story Immediate Recall 21.40 (6.45) 21.10 (13.32) 22.78 (13.00)
 Craft Story Delayed Recall 18.52 (6.72) 18.03 (13.87) 19.93 (13.40)

Note. MCI = mild cognitive impairment.