Table 2 Neuropsychological test results in the CERAD test battery
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A | ||||
Raw | Max | z-score | Evaluation | |
Verbal Fluency (animals) | 18 | - | -0,8 | Non-significant |
Boston Naming Test | 15 | 15 | 0,9 | Non-significant |
Mini-Mental Status | 28 | 30 | -1,1 | Lower border of normal range |
Wordlist test | 18 | 30 | -0,7 | Non-significant |
a) Wordlist recall 1st trial | 5 | 10 | -0,2 | Non-significant |
b) Wordlist recall 2nd trial | 6 | 10 | -0,7 | Non-significant |
c) Wordlist recall 3rd trial | 7 | 10 | -0,8 | Non-significant |
Wordlist recall | 6 | 10 | -0,5 | Non-significant |
Intrusions | 0 | - | 0,7 | Non-significant |
Wordlist Savngs (%) | 86% | - | -0,1 | Non-significant |
Discriminability (%) | 90% | 100% | -1,5 | Mild impairment |
Constructional Praxis Test | 11 | 11 | 0,7 | Non-significant |
Constructional Praxis recall | 8 | 11 | -1,2 | Lower border of normal range |
Figures-Savngs (%) | 73% | - | -1,1 | Lower border of normal range |
Phonematic Fluency (S-Words) | 8 | - | -1,1 | Lower border of normal range |
Trail Making Test, Part A | 42 | 180 | -0,1 | Non-significant |
Trail Making Test, Part B | 72 | 300 | 1,1 | Non-significant |
Trail Making Test, B/A | 1,7 | - | 1,1 | Non-significant |
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Raw | Max | SD | Evaluation | |
WMS Logical Memory Immediate recall | 21 | 50 | avarage | |
WMS Logical Memory Delayed recall | 15 | 50 | <-1 | Below average |
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Raw | Percentile | T-score | Evaluation | |
VLMT Consecutiva learning | 38 | 20 | 41 | Lower border of normal range |
VLMT Interference | 3 | <5 | Below avarage | |
VLMT Recall | 5 | <5 | 29 | Below avarage |
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Performance | Evaluation | |||
Clock-Drawing Test | Mild vsuo-constructive deficits score=1-2 | average | ||
Rey Complex Figure Test | Normal range | average | ||