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. 2024 Jul 6;16:154. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01521-9

Table 3.

Comparison of one and two-cutoffs for DMT eligibility screening

Model Cutoffs Total N Specificity Sensitivity NPV PPV Accuracy (95% CI)1 P-value2
([P-tau217], pg/mL) (Intermediate N)
Site-Specific Cutoffs
One-cutoff 0.27 50 0.67 0.97 0.89 0.9 0.90 (0.78, 0.96) 0.011
Two-cutoff (Inclusive) 0.273, 0.399 50 (6)3 0.92 0.97 0.92 0.97 0.96 (0.86, 1)  < 0.001
Two-cutoff (Exclusive) 0.273, 0.399 444 0.88 0.97 0.89 0.97 0.95 (0.84, 0.99) 0.003
BioFINDER-2 Cutoffs
One-cutoff 0.231 50 0.5 1 1 0.86 0.88 (0.76, 0.95) 0.028
Two-cutoff (Inclusive) 0.209, 0.254 50 (5)5 0.67 1 1 0.9 0.92 (0.81, 0.98) 0.003
Two-cutoff (Exclusive) 0.209, 0.254 456 0.5 1 1 0.9 0.9111 (0.79, 0.98) 0.079

1Accuracy is reported with 95% CI

2P-value: accuracy of model prediction of cerebral Aβ status compared to the no information rate

3BioFINDER-2 cutoffs identified 1 Aβ positive and 4 Aβ negative participants in the intermediate “gray zone” (5/50 = 10%)

4Remaining sample size after removal of 5 intermediate cases

5Site-specific cutoffs identified 3 Aβ positive and 3 Aβ negative participants in the intermediate “gray zone” (6/50 = 12%)

6Remaining sample size after removal of 6 intermediate cases