Ethnic differences in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores: Where you live makes a difference

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 538-548

  Espino, David V ^a,d   Lichtenstein, Michael J ^a,b,c   Palmer, Raymond F ^a   Hazuda, Helen P ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Audie L Murphy Division ^*  (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e Division of Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Mexican Americans; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0034995095     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49111.x     Document Type: Article

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