Vocabulary Is an Appropriate Measure of Premorbid Intelligence in a Sample with Heterogeneous Educational Level in Brazil

Table 3

Correlations between the MMSE and age, education, and intelligence variables.

Group	Screening	Age	Education	Vocabulary	BD	RCM
NC	MMSE	0.077	0.467**	0.574**	0.343*	0.448**
aMCI	MMSE	−0.107	0.502**	0.431*	0.616**	0.596**
AD	MMSE	0.165	0.327*	0.199	0.174	0.80

Note. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Exam; BD: Block Design; RCM: Raven Colored Matrices; aMCI: amnestic mild cognitive impairment; AD: Alzheimer’s disease.