Diagnostic validity of age and education corrections for the mini-mental state examination in older African Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 328-331

  Pedraza, Otto ^a   Clark, Joy Humphreys ^b   O'Bryant, Sid E ^c   Smith, Glenn E ^d   Ivnik, Robert J ^d   Graff Radford, Neill R ^a   Willis, Floyd B ^a   Petersen, Ronald C ^d   Lucas, John A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; cognition; dementia; ethnicity; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84857036718     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03766.x     Document Type: Article

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