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Published in final edited form as: Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2012;19(2):10.1080/09084282.2011.643947. doi: 10.1080/09084282.2011.643947

TABLE 6.

Sensitivity and Specificity Values for Distinguishing MCI From Cognitively Healthy and AD Groups

Test	MCI vs. Cognitively Healthy						AD vs. MCI
Test	Sensitivity Maximized			Specificity Maximized			Sensitivity Maximized			Specificity Maximized
	Cutoff (≤)	Sn	Sp	Cutoff (≤)	Sn	Sp	Cutoff (≤)	Sn	Sp	Cutoff (≤)	Sn	Sp
Driving Scenes	52	.97	.10	30	.21	.98	41	.98	.31	22	.39	.95
Bill Payment	18	.78	.50	14	.15	.98	18	.98	.22	12	.29	.98
Daily Living Memory–Immediate Recall	48	.97	.10	34	.10	.98	38	.97	.58	29	.69	.97
Daily Living Memory–Delayed Recall	15	.97	.29	10	.48	.90	13	.97	.23	2	.66	.97
Screening Visual Discrimination	5	.86	.45	3	.26	.95	5	.95	.14	2	.17	.95
Screening Design Construction	14	.98	.02	1	.10	.95	14	.98	.02	1	.27	.90
Judgment	18	.94	.10	7	.00	.98	18	.98	.06	12	.61	.89

MCI = Mild cognitive impairment (Winblad et al., 1994); AD = Alzheimer’s disease (McKhann et al., 1984): Sn = Sensitivity; Sp= Specificity.