Age-specific norms for the Mini-Mental State Exam

Margit L. Bleecker; Karen Bolla-Wilson; Claudia Kawas; Jacqueline Agnew

doi:10.1212/wnl.38.10.1565

Age-specific norms for the Mini-Mental State Exam

Margit L. Bleecker, Karen Bolla-Wilson, Claudia Kawas, Jacqueline Agnew

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Abstract

We administered the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) to 194 healthy men and women, ages 40 to 89 years. Total score was significantly associated with age (p < 0.000l), but not vocabulary, education, Beck’s Depression Inventory Score, or sex. The lowest quartile cutoff scores for the MMSE by decade were 40s – 29; 50s – 28; 60s – 28; 70s – 28; and 80s – 26. When screening for progressive decline in cognitive performance, the use of age-specific norms may provide greater sensitivity than the present recommended cutoff score of less than 24.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1565-1568
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurology
Volume	38
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.38.10.1565
State	Published - Oct 1988

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