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Table 3 Results of ROC analyses for standardised uptake value ratio and cerebrospinal fluid markers

From: Comparison of CSF markers and semi-quantitative amyloid PET in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and in cognitive impairment prognosis using the ADNI-2 database

 

SUVr (pons)

SUVr (crb)

SUVr (comp)

1–42

Tau

p-Tau181

p-Tau/Aβ

Cross-sectional cohort

 Optimal cut-off

0.91

1.22

0.91

157

69

32

0.18

 AUC

0.88

0.84

0.88

0.83

0.85

0.79

0.85

 Acc

85%

81%

85%

80%

75%

70%

77%

 Se

85%

83%

87%

87%

90%

85%

93%

 Sp

85%

79%

83%

75%

63%

59%

65%

Longitudinal cohort

 Optimal cut-off

0.91

1.24

0.89

171

88

45

0.27

 AUC

0.85

0.84

0.86

0.85

0.81

0.80

0.85

 Acc

82%

82%

84%

79%

79%

75%

82%

 Se

83%

84%

88%

90%

68%

71%

83%

 Sp

82%

81%

81%

70%

87%

79%

81%

 PPV

43%

44%

42%

35%

44%

43%

44%

 NPV

94%

95%

96%

96%

90%

91%

94%

 RR

7.2

8.1

9.6

8.0

4.6

4.6

7.6

  1. Abbreviations: Acc Accuracy, Se Sensitivity (positivity rate among patients with Alzheimer’s disease), Sp Specificity (negativity rate among control subjects/normal patients), PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value, RR Risk ratio for evolving to Alzheimer’s disease, Pons Pontine, crb Cerebellar, comp Composite