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Table 2 Classification of MMSE states at screen and assessment waves*

From: The reliability of assigning individuals to cognitive states using the Mini Mental-State Examination: a population-based prospective cohort study

Tombaugh and McIntyre criteria

  
  

MMSE at assessment

  
  

< 18

18-23

24-30

  

MMSE at screen

< 18

237

(3%)

56

(3%)

2

(< 0.1%)

  
 

18-23

132

(1%)

451

(13%)

228

(11%)

  
 

24-30

6

(< 0.1%)

208

(7%)

955

(62%)

  

Folstein et al. criteria

  

MMSE at assessment

  

< 10

11-20

21-26

27-30

MMSE at screen

< 10

39

(< 1%)

13

(1%)

0

 

0

 
 

11-20

37

(< 1%)

373

(7%)

122

(6%)

3

(1%)

 

21-26

0

 

165

(3%)

763

(31%)

289

(12%)

 

27-30

0

 

6

(< 0.1%)

145

(13%)

320

(28%)

MRC CFAS criteria

  

MMSE at assessment

  

< 18

18-22

23-26

27-30

MMSE at screen

< 18

237

(3%)

52

(3%)

6

(< 1%)

0

 
 

18-22

129

(1%)

305

(8%)

173

(7%)

18

(1%)

 

23-26

8

(< 0.1%)

173

(5%)

429

(19%)

274

(11%)

 

27-30

1

(< 0.1%)

16

(< 1%)

134

(12%)

320

(28%)

  1. *Number observed (weighted percentage)