This study aimed to explore the effects of age, education and gender
on the performance of eight tests in the Korean version of the CERAD
neuropsychological assessment battery and to provide normative
information on the tests in the Korean elderly. The battery was
administered to 618 healthy volunteers aged from 60 to 90. People with
serious neurological, medical and psychiatric disorders, including
dementia, were excluded. Multiple linear regression analyses were
performed to assess the relative contribution of the demographic
factors on the score of each cognitive test. Age, education, and gender
were found to have significant effects on the performance of many tests
in the battery. Based on these results, 4 overlapping age normative
tables (60 to 74, 65 to 79, 70 to 84, and 75 to 90 years of age) with 3
educational strata (0 to 3 years, 4 to 6 years, and 7 years and more)
for both genders are presented. The normative information will be
useful for a clinical interpretation of the CERAD neuropsychological
battery in Korean elderly as well as for comparing the performance of
the battery across countries. (JINS, 2004, 10,
72–81.)