Table 2.

Absolute reliability of the MMSE

	Total n = 88	Men n = 19	Women n = 69
MMSE test score, mean ± SD	13.74 ± 5.92	13.74 ± 6.21	13.74 ± 5.89
MMSE retest score, mean ± SD	14.02 ± 5.93	14.21 ± 6.01	13.97 ± 5.95
MMSE difference, mean ± SD	0.28 ± 2.04	0.47 ± 2.84*	0.23 ± 1.78*
Within-subject standard deviation, sw	1.44	2.01	1.26
Smallest detectable change	4.00	5.56	3.50

*Levene’s test, p = 0.003