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Combined they correctly identified 77.4% of demented participants and 78.6% of non-demented individuals and accounted for 35.4% of the variance. The results indicated that the Grocery List Test (a measure of delayed recall) and the MMSE were the best predictors of dementia and AD. Discriminant function analyses and linear regression were used to explore which components of the screening assessment best predicted the diagnoses of the neurologists or other physician to whom the participants were referred. The participants were given the screening assessment, and relevant background information was collected. The participants in this study were people who came to the ECFMDC for memory and cognitive screening. Also, the Clock Drawing Test and the Mini-Mental State Examina- tion will be strong predictors of diagnoses. These were the Grocery List Test and the Recall Test of the MMSE, which are both measures of the delayed recall of verbally presented material (Casey, 1995). Gliko, BT Espe-Pfeifer, P Selden, J Escalona, A Golden, CJĪbstracts /Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 15 (2000) 653-850 737 the measures of the screen that best predict diagnoses will be similar to the measures that best predicted referrals from the ECFMDC to neurologists in the triage process. Validity of Digit Span as a test for memory in dementia Validity of Digit Span as a test for memory in dementia