Philip A. Holtsberg|Leonard W. Poon|Carol Ann Noble|Peter Martin
Mini-Mental State Exam Status of Community-Dwelling Cognitively Intact Centenarians
University of Georgia|University of Georgia|University of Georgia|Iowa State University
minimental state exam mmse scores 247 communitydwelling wellfunctioning individuals 60s n 88 80s n 92 100 older n 67 compared examine overall component mmse differences concomitant influences visual literacy deficits gender education race income activities daily living mmse performance analyzed mean mmse scores 278 271 248 respectively three cohorts significantly different even concomitant variables controlled concomitant variables controlled results indicated age group differences five mmse items naming repeating listening obeying reading obeying writing sentences participants visual literacy deficits scored 15 points lower partimcipants displayed performance deficits four items form read amp write mmse division naming reading obeying writing sentences praxis education gender significant covariates total divisional mmse scores