title: Performance of Spanish-speaking community-dwelling elders in the United States on the Uniform Data Set.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spanish is the second-most common language spoken in the United States, and Spanish speakers represent one third of the aging population. The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center's Uniform Data Set implemented a Spanish neuropsychological battery. Previous work described the neuropsychological performance for English speakers. Here we describe performance on the Spanish version.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 276 Spanish speakers with normal cognition were summarized, with descriptive tables of performance on individual cognitive tests. Regression techniques were used to evaluate the effect of demographics on cognitive performance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Spanish speakers were younger (70.0 vs 74.0 years) and less educated (10.7 vs 15.7 years) with more females (76% vs 63% female) than the previously described English speakers. Higher education and lower age were associated with better performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This national cohort of well-characterized Spanish-speaking elders provides descriptive data on cognitive performance, an important tool for clinical and research efforts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Universidad Camilo José Cela, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Felipe
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.lastname: Xiaodong
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA. Electronic address: mary.sano@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014481:United States
keywords: Alzheimer's; Elderly; Neuropsychological test; Normative performance; Spanish speakers