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. 2004 Apr;1(2):213–225. doi: 10.1602/neurorx.1.2.213

TABLE 2.

Performance of CSF Total Tau as a Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease

Study Number Number of AD Cases AD Sensitivity Number of Controls Controls Specificity Comment Ref.
1 70 100 19 100 62
2 44 84 31 97 14
3 43 95 18 94 Community-based study 63
4 69 89 17 100 64
5 93 40 41 100 Multicenter study 56
6 40 89 36 97 65
7 163 66 65 83 Multicenter study 66
8 150 79 100 70 Multicenter study 67
9 81 90 15 67 41
10 407 93 93 86 Community-based study 20
11 60 79 32 82 50
12 54 87 15 93 68
13 47 77 12 92 69
14 41 85 17 95 70
15 80 81.3 21 91 71
16 52 79 56 100 24
17 74 95 40 98 72
18 366 59 316 97 Multicenter study 73
19 49 88 49 96 3-year follow-up 74
20 39 72 12 93 75
Total 2022 81.4 1005 91.5

Ref. = reference number.