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Published in final edited form as: Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 Mar 23;33(1):105–114. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01520-4

Table 4.

Neuropsychiatric test measures (mean (SD)) by discriminant analysis dementia prediction status. False Negatives (FN), False Positives (FP), and True Positives (TP) compared individually to True Negatives (TN).

Domain Characteristic or Neuropsychological test Description / Reference TN (n=512) FN (n=18) FP (n=113) TP (n=42)
Delayed recall Selective Reminding, Delayed SelRem Recall, Reproduction 8.8 (1.4) 8.6 (1.9) 7.9 (2.5)* 6.6 (3.2)*

Incidental memory, delayed BNT, Delayed Boston, Delayed Recall 8.0 (3.3) 7.6 (4.4) 7.0 (3.9)* 5.1 (3.8)*

Visuospatial Perception NES2, Pattern Recognition, Correct Pattern Recognition - No. Correct 24.2 (1.3) 24.4 (1.5) 24.3 (1.1) 24.4 (0.9)

Delayed recall Face Reproduction Face Reproduction Total, RT For Correct Responses 3687.9 (1396.1) 3840 (1508.1) 4823.2 (2268.9)* 5087.7 (2494.1)*
Face Reproduction Total, SD For Correct Responses 2154.9 (1199.3) 2460.3 (1400.3) 3117.4 (1565.5)* 3271.5 (1694.2)*

Verbal comprehension BNT, no Cues Correct without cue 17.6 (5.6) 16.5 (5.8) 15.8 (6.1)* 14.6 (5.1)*
BNT, with Cues Correct with stim. & phon. cue 24.0 (4.4) 22.9 (4.4) 22.6 (5.0)* 22.0 (4.2)*

Non-verbal reasoning Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices A+B 17.3 (2.8) 17.2 (3.1) 17.2 (2.9) 16.4 (2.8)*

Perceptual Speed NES2, Pattern Recognition, time Pattern Recognition - No. Correct RT 7.6 (2.8) 7.5 (1.5) 8.4 (3.1)* 9.1 (4.4)*

Attention, Speed NES2, Continuous Performance Test with letters CPT, Mean of RTs for Blocks 1 - 5 457.3 (67) 442.4 (49.8) 464.2 (60.4) 479.6 (65.3)*
CPT, Std. Deviation of RTs for Blocks 1 - 5 87.1 (25.2) 81.1 (17.9) 79.8 (24.4)* 94.2 (25.9)*

Attention, Speed NES2, Symbol Digit Modalities Test Symbol-Digit- Mean for 40 Responses, Seconds 5.1 (1.6) 5.5 (1.3) 5.9 (2.6)* 6.5 (3)*
Symbol-Digit- SD for 40 Responses 2.6 (1.3) 2.9 (1.4) 3.1 (1.9)* 3.4 (2.1)*

Speed of processing Face Recognition Memory Test, Immediate Time Face Immediate Total RT For Correct Responses 4224.2 (1810.1) 3968.3 (1500.8) 5520.7 (2682.7)* 6114.8 (2854.5)*
Face Immediate Total SD for Correct Responses 2444.9 (1472.6) 2402.2 (1395.2) 3494.5 (1841.4)* 3807.7 (1958.1)*

Immediate memory Selective Reminding, immediate recall SelRem Recall, Trial 1 4.2 (1.2) 4.2 (1.1) 3.9 (1.3) 3.8 (1.2)**

Learning and recall Selective Reminding, Reminders SelRem Reminders Total 19.5 (10.8) 23.4 (11.6) 26.2 (15.8)* 30.4 (16.8)*

Immediate memory Face Recognition Memory Test, Immediate recall Face Immediate - Total No. Correct 40 (4.9) 39.3 (7.5) 38.1 (6.1)* 37 (6.7)*

Delayed recall Face Recognition Memory Test, Delayed Face Reproduction Total - No. Correct 37.1 (5.1) 37.9 (5.8) 35.4 (5.7)* 34.7 (6.1)*

Manual motor speed NES2, Finger Tapping Test, Dominant No. Taps with Preferred Hand on Best Trial 69.3 (13.8) 71.7 (14.9) 66.4 (13.1)* 64 (11)*
No. Taps with Non-preferred Hand on Best Trial 64.3 (12.6) 65.2 (10.7) 62.2 (11.7) 58.5 (11.7)*
No. Taps with Alternating Hands on Best Trial 79 (19.9) 81.3 (15.4) 80.7 (17.2) 73.2 (17.6)

Manual motor speed Purdue Peg Board Greatest of 3 Trials w. Right Hand 13.9 (1.9) 14.1 (1.8) 14 (1.9) 13.5 (2.2)
Greatest of 3 Trials w. Left Hand 12.9 (2) 13 (2.3) 13.1 (2) 12.4 (2.3)
Greatest of 3 Trials w. Both Hands 10.2 (1.7) 10.2 (1.4) 10.4 (1.7) 9.9 (2)