| Aβ | Amyloid beta |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADRDA | Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association |
| AMSTAR | A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews |
| CU | Cognitively unimpaired |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| ECL | Electrochemiluminescence |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| IMR | Immunomagnetic reduction |
| LC-MS | Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry |
| MCI | Mild cognitive impairment |
| MSD | Meso Scale Discovery |
| NIA-AA | National Institute on Aging—Alzheimer’s Association |
| NINCDS | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke |
| p-tau | Phosphorylated tau |
| QUADAS | Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies |
| Simoa | Single Molecule Array |
| STARD | Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy |
| t-tau | Total tau |