Of these, 249 were classified as exhibiting normal cognition (NC), 134 were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), 97 were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 14 met the diagnosis for vascular dementia (VaD), and 50 were diagnosed with other types of dementia, including mixed dementia. MethodsĦ31 subjects aged 60 and over were recruited at a memory clinic at Dongzhimen Hospital in Beijing. However, no studies have examined the Chinese version of the HVLT scale, and appropriate cut-off scores for dementia in the Chinese population remain unclear. The Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT) has been validated for detecting dementia in English-speaking populations.