Campos Magdaleno, MaríaFacal Mayo, DavidJuncos Rabadán, OnésimoPicón Prado, EduardoPereiro Rozas, Arturo X.2026-02-182026-02-182016-01-10Campos-Magdaleno, M., Facal, D., Juncos-Rabadán, O., Picón, E., & Pereiro, A. X. (2016). Comparison between an Empirically Derived and a Standard Classification of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment from a Sample of Adults with Subjective Cognitive Complaints. Journal of Aging and Health, 28(6), 1105-1115. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643156249080898-2643https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45962Objective: The aim of this study is to compare an empirically derived classification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) from a sample of adults with subjective cognitive complaints by using cluster analysis of their performance on the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) with a classification of aMCI based on standard clinical criteria. Method: Three hundred ninety-one individuals aged 48 years and older were diagnosed as aMCI or healthy controls. Cluster analysis of the CVLT performance was conducted, followed by logistic regression analysis. Results: A two-cluster solution performed on the CVLT measures correctly classified 98.0% of the aMCI patients and 73.4% of the healthy controls diagnosed by using standard aMCI criteria. Discussion: The empirically derived classification of aMCI is consistent with the classification based on standard criteria; however, standard criteria should also be considered to prevent false positivesengCognitive impairmentDiagnosisEarly detectionSubjective cognitive complaintsVerbal memory61 Psicologíajournal article10.1177/08982643156249081552-6887open access