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The quantification of the relative effects of age and NART-predicted IQ on cognitive function in healthy old people

✍ Scribed by John M. Starr; Dr. Lawrence J. Whalley; Susan Inch; P. Anne Shering

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 482 KB
Volume: 7
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930070303

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✦ Synopsis

The cognitive function of 598 healthy old people aged 70 years or over resident in the community was measured by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and National Adult Reading Test (NART). The 598 subjects, who were asymptomatic and on no medication, showed no significant correlation between age and NART-predicted intelligence quotient (NARTIQ), but there were significant correlations between both age and MMSE score and NARTIQ and MMSE score. These cross-sectional data suggest that the rate of decline of cognitive function may be significantly greater in subjects with lower NARTIQs; however, longitudinal data are required to test this hypothesis. The provision of normative data from a substantial number of community-resident old people should assist later studies designed to detect the precise effects of cerebral pathology or systemic disease on cognitive function in old people. KEY woms-Cognitive function, ageing, mild dementia, MMSE, NART.

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