Normative Data for Neuropsychological Tests in a Rural Elderly Chinese Cohort

dc.contributor.authorYang, Lili
dc.contributor.authorUnverzagt, Frederick W.
dc.contributor.authorJin, Yinlong
dc.contributor.authorHendrie, Hugh C.
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Chaoke
dc.contributor.authorHall, Kathleen S.
dc.contributor.authorCao, Jingxiang
dc.contributor.authorMa, Feng
dc.contributor.authorMurrell, Jill R.
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Yibin
dc.contributor.authorLi, Ping
dc.contributor.authorBian, Jianchao
dc.contributor.authorGao, Sujuan
dc.contributor.departmentBiostatistics and Health Data Science, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-09T12:23:21Z
dc.date.available2025-07-09T12:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractNormative information is important for appropriate interpretation of cognitive test scores as a critical component of dementia diagnosis in the elderly population. A cross-sectional evaluation of 1826 participants aged 65 years and older from four rural counties in China was conducted using six cognitive instruments including tests of global cognitive function (the Community Screening Instrument for Dementia), memory (Word List Learning and Recall tasks from the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease, IU Story), language (Animal Fluency Test), and executive function (IU Token). Multiple regression models adjusting for demographic variables were used to provide standardized residuals z-scores and corresponding percentile ranking for each cognitive test. In all cognitive tests older age was associated with worse test performance while exposure to education was related to better cognitive test performance. We also detected a significant gender difference with men scoring better than women and a significant gender by education interaction on two tests. The interaction indicates that gender difference in test scores was much smaller in participants with more education than those who had less or no education. These demographically adjusted, regression-based norms can be a useful tool to clinicians involved with differential diagnosis of cognitive and memory disorders in older adults in rural China.
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscript
dc.identifier.citationYang L, Unverzagt FW, Jin Y, et al. Normative data for neuropsychological tests in a rural elderly Chinese cohort. Clin Neuropsychol. 2012;26(4):641-653. doi:10.1080/13854046.2012.666266
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/49272
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.isversionof10.1080/13854046.2012.666266
dc.relation.journalThe Clinical Neuropsychologist
dc.rightsPublisher Policy
dc.sourcePMC
dc.subjectNormative study
dc.subjectNeuropsychological test
dc.subjectAge
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectRegression-based norms
dc.titleNormative Data for Neuropsychological Tests in a Rural Elderly Chinese Cohort
dc.typeArticle
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