Table 2.

Correction grid for computing the adjusted score

Test		Age
		18	22	27	32	37	42	47	52	57	62	67	72	77	82	84
DSF
Female		− 0.03	− 0.02	− 0.01	0.02	0.05	0.09	0.14	0.20	0.28	0.37	0.47	0.6	0.74	0.9	0.97
Male		− 0.50	− 0.49	− 0.48	− 0.46	− 0.42	− 0.38	− 0.33	− 0.27	− 0.2	− 0.11	0.00	0.12	0.27	0.43	0.5
DSB		− 0.51	− 0.43	− 0.33	− 0.23	− 0.13	− 0.03	0.07	0.17	0.27	0.37	0.47	0.57	0.67	0.77	0.81
RAVL-I
Female	5	8.91	9.31	9.84	10.41	11.04	11.73	12.51	13.38	14.39	15.57	17.00	18.83	21.35	25.42	28.15
	8	0.96	1.35	1.88	2.46	3.09	3.78	4.55	5.43	6.43	7.61	9.05	10.88	13.39	17.47	20.19
	13	− 4.14	− 3.75	− 3.22	− 2.64	− 2.01	− 1.32	− 0.55	0.33	1.33	2.51	3.95	5.78	8.29	12.37	15.09
	16	− 5.67	− 5.28	− 4.75	− 4.17	− 3.54	− 2.85	− 2.08	− 1.20	− 0.20	0.98	2.42	4.25	6.76	10.84	13.56
	18	− 6.41	− 6.01	− 5.48	− 4.91	− 4.28	− 3.59	− 2.81	− 1.94	− 0.93	0.25	1.68	3.51	6.03	10.1	12.83
	21	− 7.25	− 6.85	− 6.32	− 5.75	− 5.12	− 4.43	− 3.66	− 2.78	− 1.78	− 0.59	0.84	2.67	5.19	9.26	11.98
Male	5	13.13	13.52	14.05	14.63	15.25	15.95	16.72	17.59	18.60	19.78	21.22	23.04	25.56	29.64	32.36
	8	5.17	5.57	6.10	6.67	7.30	7.99	8.77	9.64	10.64	11.83	13.26	15.09	17.61	21.68	24.41
	13	0.07	0.47	1.00	1.57	2.20	2.89	3.67	4.54	5.55	6.73	8.16	9.99	12.51	16.58	19.31
	16	− 1.46	− 1.06	− 0.53	0.04	0.67	1.36	2.14	3.01	4.02	5.20	6.63	8.46	10.98	15.05	17.78
	18	− 2.19	− 1.8	− 1.27	− 0.69	− 0.07	0.63	1.40	2.27	3.28	4.46	5.9	7.72	10.24	14.32	17.04
	21	− 3.04	− 2.64	− 2.11	− 1.54	− 0.91	− 0.21	0.56	1.43	2.44	3.62	5.05	6.88	9.40	13.47	16.20
RAVL-D
Female	5	1.99	2.18	2.42	2.66	2.90	3.14	3.38	3.62	3.86	4.10	4.34	4.58	4.82	5.06	5.16
	8	− 0.16	0.03	0.27	0.51	0.75	0.99	1.23	1.47	1.71	1.95	2.19	2.43	2.67	2.91	3.01
	13	− 1.54	− 1.35	− 1.11	− 0.87	− 0.63	− 0.39	− 0.15	0.09	0.33	0.57	0.81	1.05	1.29	1.53	1.63
	16	− 1.96	− 1.76	− 1.52	− 1.28	− 1.04	− 0.8	− 0.56	− 0.32	− 0.08	0.16	0.40	0.64	0.88	1.12	1.22
	18	− 2.16	− 1.96	− 1.72	− 1.48	− 1.24	− 1.00	− 0.76	− 0.52	− 0.28	− 0.04	0.20	0.44	0.68	0.92	1.02
	21	− 2.38	− 2.19	− 1.95	− 1.71	− 1.47	− 1.23	− 0.99	− 0.75	− 0.51	− 0.27	− 0.03	0.21	0.45	0.69	0.79
Male	5	3.62	3.81	4.05	4.29	4.53	4.78	5.02	5.26	5.50	5.74	5.98	6.22	6.46	6.70	6.80
	8	1.47	1.66	1.90	2.14	2.38	2.62	2.87	3.11	3.35	3.59	3.83	4.07	4.31	4.55	4.64
	13	0.09	0.28	0.52	0.76	1.01	1.25	1.49	1.73	1.97	2.21	2.45	2.69	2.93	3.17	3.27
	16	− 0.32	− 0.13	0.11	0.35	0.59	0.83	1.07	1.31	1.55	1.79	2.03	2.28	2.52	2.76	2.85
	18	− 0.52	− 0.33	− 0.09	0.15	0.39	0.63	0.87	1.11	1.35	1.60	1.84	2.08	2.32	2.56	2.65
	21	− 0.75	− 0.56	− 0.32	− 0.08	0.16	0.41	0.65	0.89	1.13	1.37	1.61	1.85	2.09	2.33	2.43
VPAL
Female	5	0.99	1.59	2.28	2.91	3.48	4.02	4.53	5.01	5.47	5.91	6.34	6.74	7.14	7.52	7.67
	8	− 1.68	− 1.08	− 0.39	0.24	0.81	1.35	1.86	2.34	2.80	3.24	3.67	4.07	4.47	4.85	5.00
	13	− 3.40	− 2.79	− 2.10	− 1.48	− 0.9	− 0.36	0.15	0.63	1.09	1.53	1.95	2.36	2.75	3.14	3.28
	16	− 3.91	− 3.3	− 2.62	− 1.99	− 1.41	− 0.87	− 0.36	0.12	0.58	1.02	1.44	1.85	2.24	2.62	2.77
	18	− 4.16	− 3.55	− 2.86	− 2.24	− 1.66	− 1.12	− 0.61	− 0.13	0.33	0.77	1.19	1.6	1.99	2.37	2.52
	21	− 4.44	− 3.83	− 3.15	− 2.52	− 1.94	− 1.4	− 0.89	− 0.41	0.05	0.49	0.91	1.32	1.71	2.09	2.24
Male	5	2.09	2.70	3.39	4.01	4.59	5.13	5.64	6.12	6.58	7.02	7.44	7.85	8.24	8.62	8.77
	8	− 0.58	0.03	0.72	1.34	1.92	2.46	2.97	3.45	3.91	4.35	4.77	5.18	5.57	5.95	6.10
	13	− 2.29	− 1.68	− 1.00	− 0.37	0.21	0.75	1.26	1.74	2.20	2.64	3.06	3.47	3.86	4.24	4.39
	16	− 2.80	− 2.2	− 1.51	− 0.88	− 0.31	0.23	0.74	1.23	1.68	2.12	2.55	2.95	3.35	3.73	3.88
	18	− 3.05	− 2.44	− 1.76	− 1.13	− 0.55	− 0.01	0.50	0.98	1.44	1.88	2.30	2.71	3.10	3.48	3.63
	21	− 3.33	− 2.73	− 2.04	− 1.41	− 0.84	− 0.30	0.21	0.70	1.15	1.59	2.02	2.42	2.82	3.20	3.35

DSF, Digit Span Forward; DSB, Digit Span Backward; RAVL-I, Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Immediate; RAVL-D, Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Delayed; VPAL, Verbal Paired Associates Learning Test. DSF: adjusted score = raw score + 0.0000017*((Age^3) − 128,919) + 0.472*(Gender − 0.618); DSB: adjusted score = raw score + 0.02*(Age − 43.62); RAVL-I: adjusted score = raw score − 6.72*(log(88-Age) − 3.769) + 106.06*((1/Education) − 0.0697) − 4.214*(Gender − 0.6); RAVL-D: adjusted score = raw score + 0.0481*(Age − 40.8) + 28.678 * ((1/Education) − 0.0697) − 1.635*(Gender − 0.6); VPAL: adjusted score = raw score + 1.357*(sqrt(Age) − 6.514) + 35.603 * ((1/Education) − 0.0733) − 1.106*(Gender − 0.6). Gender was coded as 0 = male and 1 = female