Table 3.
Logistic model and diagnostic performances of CSF and blood biomarkers.
Variable | St. coefficient | Variable p | Cut-off | AUC [95% CI] | Optimal SE | Optimal SP | PPV | NPV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CSF | ||||||||
Aβ42 | −1.82 | <0.001 | 759.001 | 0.844 [0.764, 0.923] | 0.866 | 0.667 | 0.84 | 0.69 |
Aβ40 | 0.52 | 0.036 | 10,894.925 | 0.641 [0.525, 0.758] | 0.597 | 0.697 | 0.80 | 0.46 |
tTau | 2.27 | <0.001 | 366.999 | 0.860 [0.784, 0.936] | 0.896 | 0.727 | 0.87 | 0.77 |
pTau | 4.61 | <0.001 | 63.300 | 0.931 [0.879, 0.983] | 0.851 | 0.939 | 0.97 | 0.76 |
Aβ42/tTau | −2.57 | <0.001 | 1.843 | 0.935 [0.887, 0.983] | 0.910 | 0.879 | 0.94 | 0.83 |
Aβ42/pTau | −3.88 | <0.001 | 12.997 | 0.978 [0.954, 1.000] | 0.940 | 0.939 | 0.97 | 0.89 |
Plasma | ||||||||
Aβ42 | −1.37 | <0.001 | 30.836 | 0.781 [0.684, 0.877] | 0.881 | 0.576 | 0.81 | 0.68 |
Aβ40 | −0.44 | 0,072 | 195.978 | 0.602 [0.486, 0.717] | 0.224 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0.38 |
pTau181 | 3.16 | <0.001 | 2.180 | 0.869 [0.796, 0.942] | 0.791 | 0.818 | 0.90 | 0.64 |
pTau217 | 5.37 | <0.001 | 0.327 | 0.911 [0.853, 0.969] | 0.836 | 0.939 | 0.97 | 0.74 |
Aβ42/40 | −0.01 | 0.947 | 0.081 | 0.802 [0.713, 0.892] | 0.746 | 0.818 | 0.89 | 0.61 |
Aβ42/40* | −1.49 | <0.001 | 0.086 | 0.834 [0.748; 0.920] | 0.778 | 0.818 | 0.89 | 0.66 |
NfL | −0.42 | 0.065 | 44.840 | 0.609 [0.484, 0.734] | 0.866 | 0.424 | 0.75 | 0.61 |
Notes: CSF = cerebrospinal fluid. NfL = Neurofilament light chain. * = excluding outliers. All variables values are expressed in pg/ml.