Guo?Hong Cui|Yu-Hui Yao|Rui?Fang Xu|Huidong Tang|Guo-Xin Jiang|Ying Wang|G. Wang|S.-D. Chen|Qi Cheng
Cognitive impairment using education-based cutoff points for CMMSE scores in elderly Chinese people of agricultural and rural Shanghai China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Ruijin Hospital|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Ruijin Hospital|Ruijin Hospital|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Karolinska Institutet|Ruijin Hospital|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Ruijin Hospital|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Ruijin Hospital|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Shanghai Jiao Tong University|Ruijin Hospital
evaluate cognitive impairment ci rural china using chinese version minimental status examination cmmse compare prevalence ci using two different cutoff pointsa populationbased survey conducted 2809 people aged 60 years community two towns huaxin xujing qingpu district located western suburb shanghai facetoface interviews carried collect relevant information questionnaires chinese version minimental state examination either 2324 cutoff point cutoff point varying according education level ael used screen subjects ciamong subjects mean age 706 years sd 66 ranged 60 92 years included 1010 360 men 1799 640 women mean age 707 years sd 64 men 705 years sd 67 women 2809 subjects 2010 715 formal education 607 216 completed 16 years education 173 62 completed 6 years school education prevalence ci 356 95 ci 338374 genders cutoff point 2324 used however cutoff point altered respect different education levels prevalence ci 70 item cmmse increased years education correlated higher item score exception naming item scorethis study demonstrates screening ci using ael cutoff scores feasible loweducation population determining whether 2324 cutoff point suitable chinese people requires future prospective studies large chinese population