Table 3.
Neuropsychological scores by ethnoracial background; adjusted for sex, cognitive severity, and education
| Measure | Group* | B | SE B | β | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMSE | African American | −.751 | .406 | −.030 | .065 |
| Hispanic | −.301 | .451 | −.011 | .504 | |
| DSF | African American | −.245 | .229 | −.025 | .284 |
| Hispanic | −1.588 | .246 | −.157 | <0.0001 | |
| DSB | African American | −.630 | .208 | −.072 | .003 |
| Hispanic | −.501 | .222 | −.055 | .024 | |
| Digit Symbol | African American | −5.384 | 1.396 | −.097 | <0.0001 |
| Hispanic | −2.442 | 1.518 | −.042 | .108 | |
| TMTA | African American | 16.430 | 3.928 | ..094 | <.0001 |
| Hispanic | 9.954 | 4.293 | .053 | .021 | |
| TMTB | African American | 28.955 | 11.142 | .073 | .009 |
| Hispanic | 21.908 | 11.897 | .051 | .066 | |
| BNT | African American | −5.633 | .531 | −.217 | <.0001 |
| Hispanic | −3.799 | .576 | −.139 | <.0001 | |
| Animals fluency | African American | −2.068 | .510 | −.084 | <0.0001 |
| Hispanic | −.781 | .543 | −.031 | .151 | |
| Vegetable fluency | African American | −.518 | .359 | −.030 | .149 |
| Hispanic | −1.045 | .385 | −.059 | .007 | |
| Immediate memory | African American | −.204 | .434 | −.011 | .639 |
| Hispanic | −.074 | .467 | −.004 | .874 | |
| Delayed memory | African American | −.341 | .435 | −.019 | .433 |
| Hispanic | −.195 | .473 | −.010 | .680 |
Abbreviation: MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Exam; DSF, Digit Span Forward; DSB, Digit Span Backward; TMTA, Trail Making Test A, TMTB, Trail Making Test B; BNT, Boston Naming Test
*
White cohort was inputted as the referent group