title: Estimating premorbid IQ in the prodromal phase of a neurodegenerative disease.
abstract: Estimates of premorbid intellect are often used in neuropsychological assessment to make inferences about cognitive decline. To optimize the method of controlling for premorbid intellect in assessments of prodromal neurodegenerative disease, we examined performance on the American National Adult Reading Test (ANART; administered during Years 1 and 3) and the two-subtest version of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI; administered in Years 2 and 4) in an ongoing prospective longitudinal study of 371 participants with prodromal Huntington disease and 51 participants with normal CAG repeats. Although both measures performed similarly, the ANART demonstrated slightly lower variability in performance over a 2-year period and had slightly higher test-retest reliability than the WASI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Noelle E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Carlozzi
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duff
authors.forename: Leigh J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Beglinger
authors.forename: Elizabeth H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Aylward
authors.forename: Kathryn B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Whitlock
authors.forename: Andrea C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Queller
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Langbehn
authors.forename: Shannon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jane S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Paulsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019680:Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion / Q000235:genetics; D014705:Verbal Behavior