Research Article

Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Modified Mini Mental State Examination in African Americans

Table 3

Modified Mini Mental State Examination (3MSE) scores by age and education in 414 African Americans.

Age (years)EducationAll
<12 years12 years13–15 years16+ years
Mean (SD) medianMean (SD) medianMean (SD) medianMean (SD) medianMean (SD) median

<551582.7 (6.7) 85.05086.6 (7.2) 88.06689.0 (6.0) 89.52894.2 (4.6) 95.015988.5 (7.0) 89.0
55–651579.7 (10.8) 84.03884.1 (6.8) 84.07487.9 (7.5) 89.03690.1 (6.9) 92.016386.7 (8.1) 87.0
>651573.9 (11.0) 74.01381.1 (8.2) 82.04686.4 (6.6) 86.01890.2 (8.0) 92.09284.4 (9.4) 88.0
All4578.8 (10.2) 79.010184.9 (7.4) 86.018687.9 (6.8) 88.08291.5 (6.7) 94.041486.9 (8.2) 88.0

Note: , not 415, because age was missing for one person. Range for age <55 is 35–54; range for >65 is 66–83 years. For participants with <12 years of education, 11 had 5–8 years and 34 had 9–11 years.