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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2009 Jan;15(1):121–129. doi: 10.1017/S1355617708090176

Table 3.

Prevalence Free Diagnostic Accuracy Statistics for NAB List Learning Variables at Conventional Cutoff Scores

Impaireda vs. Control
aMCI vs. Control
AD vs. Control
AD vs. aMCI
Variable Cutoff
(T ≤)
Sn Sp PLR NLR Sn Sp PLR NLR Sn Sp PLR NLR Sn Sp PLR NLR

List A Immediate Recall 40 .66 .90 6.41 0.38 .48 .90 4.73 0.58 .85 .90 8.29 0.17 .85 .52 1.75 0.30
35 .51 1.00 -- 0.49 .35 1.00 -- 0.66 .69 1.00 -- 0.31 .69 .66 2.01 0.47
30 .35 1.00 -- 0.65 .17 1.00 -- 0.86 .58 1.00 -- 0.42 .58 .86 4.18 0.49

List B Immediate Recall 40 .40 .94 6.53 0.64 .28 .94 4.51 0.77 .54 .94 8.79 0.49 .54 .72 1.95 0.64
35 .22 1.00 -- 0.78 .10 1.00 -- 0.89 .35 1.00 -- 0.65 .35 .90 3.35 0.73
30 .11 1.00 -- 0.89 .07 1.00 -- 0.93 .15 1.00 -- 0.85 .15 .93 2.23 0.91

List A Short Delay Recall 40 .75 .96 18.26 0.27 .59 .96 14.36 0.43 .92 .96 22.62 0.08 .92 .41 1.57 0.19
35 .60 .97 19.60 0.41 .38 .97 12.39 0.64 .85 .97 27.64 0.16 .85 .62 2.23 0.25
30 .44 1.00 -- 0.56 .17 1.00 -- 0.83 .73 1.00 -- 0.27 .73 .83 4.24 0.33

List A Long Delay Recall 40 .76 .97 24.95 0.24 .62 .97 20.28 0.39 .92 .97 30.15 0.08 .92 .38 1.49 0.20
35 .64 .98 31.18 0.37 .48 .98 23.66 0.53 .81 .98 39.58 0.20 .81 .52 1.67 0.37
30 .35 .99 33.85 0.66 .24 .99 23.66 0.77 .46 .99 45.23 0.54 .46 .76 1.91 0.71

Note. aMCI = Mild Cognitive Impairment; AD = Alzheimer’s disease; Sn = Sensitivity; Sp = Specificity; PLR = Positive Likelihood Ratio; NLR = Negative Likelihood Ratio. Dashes represent a value of positive infinity due to a specificity of 1.00.

a

Includes both aMCI and AD.