Patterns of cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults—findings from the EMCOA study

Table 8 Regression coefficients of the normative data equations

Cognitive tests	Gender	Age	Education	Gender × age	Gender × education	Age × education	Age²	Education²	Constant
MMSE	−1.041	–	0.084	–	0.078	–	–	–	27.599
MoCA	0.127	–	0.233	−0.031	0.127	–	–	–	23.136
AVLT-IR	–	–	0.282	–	0.11	–	−0.001	–	12.727
AVLT-SR	–	–	–	–	0.06	–	−0.001	0.006	5.028
AVLT-LR	–	–	–	–	0.057	–	−0.001	0.007	4.505
SDMT	−5.477	−0.323	0.461	–	0.681	–	–	–	45.41
DSF	–	–	0.186	–	–	−0.001	–	–	6.502
DSB	−0.391	−0.019	–	–	0.026	–	–	0.004	4.864
TMT-A	24.601	5.309	–	–	−1.877	–	−0.039	–	−114.999
TMT-B	–	–	–	0.969	−4.493	–	–	–	152.416
LMT-IR	−1.751	–	–	–	0.129	–	–	0.019	9.071
SCWT-IT	−0.277	–	–	–	0.005	0.001	–	−0.004	3.686

The values represented unstandardized regression coefficient
AVLT-IR Auditory Verbal Learning Test—immediate recall, AVLT-LR Auditory Verbal Learning Test—long recall, AVLT-SR Auditory Verbal Learning Test—short recall, DSB digit span backwards, DSF digit span forwards, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, SCWT-IT Stroop Color-Word Test Interference Trial, SDMT Symbol Digit Modalities Test, TMT Trail Making Test, LMT-IR Logical Memory Test—immediate recall

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