Effects of age, gender, and education on cognitive tests in a rural elderly community sample: Norms from the monongahela valley independent elders survey

Mary Gangtili; Graham Ratcliff; F. Jacob Huffbi; Steven Belle; Mary Jean Kancel; Lynn Fischer; Eric C. Seaberg; Lewis H. Kulier

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Effects of age, gender, and education on cognitive tests in a rural elderly community sample: Norms from the monongahela valley independent elders survey

Mary Gangtili, Graham Ratcliff, F. Jacob Huffbi, Steven Belle, Mary Jean Kancel, Lynn Fischer, Eric C. Seaberg, Lewis H. Kulier

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A random sample of 1, 350 persons aged 65 years and older in a rural community underwent cognitive screening as part of a survey to establish a population-based registry of dementing disorders. The screening battery included the neuropsychological tests of the assessment protocol used in the National Institute on Aging multicenter Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD). This paper reports a large body of normative neuropsychological data from this sample with members of relatively low socioeconomic status. Age, sex, and educational level were found to have statistically significant effects on test scores. The implications of these findings for the establishment of screening cutoff scores are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	42-52
Number of pages	11
Journal	Neuroepidemiology
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000110246
State	Published - 1991
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CERAD norms
Community studies
Neuropsychological test norms

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Epidemiology
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