Table 4.

MMSE and MoCA data for the normal, MCI and dementia groups by education band.

Variable	Normal	MCI	Dementia	AUC (95%CI)
Education, year				Normal vs. MCI	Normal vs. Dementia
≤ 6	N = 423	N = 298	N = 139
MMSE	24.93 ± 4.21	20.50 ± 5.00	12.73 ± 6.96	0.74 (0.71:0.78)	0.93 (0.91:0.95)
MoCA	19.48 ± 5.83	14.44 ± 4.89	7.97 ± 5.10	0.75 (0.71:0.79)	0.92 (0.90:0.94)
7–12	N = 803	N = 195	N = 70
MMSE	27.90 ± 2.36	25.13 ± 3.77	13.41 ± 8.25	0.74 (0.69:0.79)	0.96 (0.92:0.99)
MoCA	25.07 ± 3.69	20.56 ± 4.26	9.23 ± 6.27	0.80 (0.77:0.84)**	0.98 (0.97:0.99)
>12	N = 502	N = 101	N = 38
MMSE	28.14 ± 2.55	27.17 ± 2.48	14.61 ± 8.96	0.65 (0.56:0.75)	0.94 (0.87:0.99)
MoCA	25.45 ± 4.38	22.31 ± 2.87	10.61 ± 7.52	0.83 (0.79:0.87)**	0.95 (0.92:0.98)

MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA, Mini-Mental State Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; AUC, area under the curve; CI,confidence interval. Bold indicates best performed for that indication; N = people who had complete data for all task.

^**p < 0.001.