Mayo Normative Studies: Regression-Based Normative Data for the Auditory Verbal Learning Test for Ages 30-91 Years and the Importance of Adjusting for Sex.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) is a widely used word list memory test. We update normative data to include adjustment for verbal memory performance differences between men and women and illustrate the effect of this sex adjustment and the importance of excluding participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normative samples.

Method

This study advances the Mayo's Older Americans Normative Studies (MOANS) by using a new population-based sample through the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, which randomly samples residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, from age- and sex-stratified groups. Regression-based normative T-score formulas were derived from 4428 cognitively unimpaired adults aged 30-91 years. Fully adjusted T-scores correct for age, sex, and ed

SUBMITTER: Stricker NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7895855 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature