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. 2016 Jul 8;4(2):237–244. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12391

Table 6.

Discriminative validity of the MDS‐NB measures in the detection of PD‐MCI including optimal diagnostics cutoffs, sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value and negative predictive value

PD‐MCI Classification > DRS‐II Cutoff = –2.0 SDs PD‐MCI Classification > DRS‐II Cutoff = –1.5 SDs
HC (n = 120) vs. PD‐MCI (n = 23) PD‐ND (n = 83) vs. PD‐MCI (n = 23) HC (n = 120) vs. PD‐MCI (n = 35) PD‐ND (n = 71) vs. PD‐MCI (n = 35)
Cutoff Se Sp PPV NPV Cutoff Se Sp PPV NPV Cutoff Se Sp PPV NPV Cutoff Se Sp PPV NPV
1. Attention and WM
TMT‐A 42/43 0.87 0.70 0.74 0.84 42/43 0.87 0.52 0.64 0.80 46/47 0.66 0.82 0.79 0.71 39/40 0.83 0.50 0.62 0.75
DS backward 5/6 0.78 0.83 0.82 0.79 6/7 0.96 0.43 0.63 0.91 5/6 0.77 0.83 0.82 0.78 5/6 0.77 0.66 0.69 0.74
2. Executive function
TMT‐B 116/117 0.87 0.85 0.85 0.87 116/117 0.87 0.65 0.71 0.83 100/101 0.91 0.75 0.78 0.89 103/104 0.89 0.59 0.68 0.84
PST‐C 41/42 0.48 0.98 0.96 0.65 40/41 0.48 0.89 0.81 0.63 38/39 0.49 0.93 0.88 0.65 38/39 0.49 0.90 0.83 0.64
3. Language
Semantic fluency 51/52 0.87 0.93 0.93 0.88 52/53 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 64/65 0.94 0.57 0.69 0.90 57/58 0.77 0.80 0.79 0.78
WAIS‐R Sim 18/19 0.61 0.89 0.85 0.70 21/22 0.74 0.77 0.76 0.75 22/23 0.74 0.61 0.65 0.70 22/23 0.74 0.69 0.70 0.73
4. Memory
RAVLT‐DR 6/7 0.78 0.80 0.80 0.78 6/7 0.78 0.79 0.79 0.78 6/7 0.60 0.80 0.75 0.67 6/7 0.60 0.80 0.75 0.67
WMS‐III FP‐DR 23/24 0.70 0.83 0.80 0.73 27/28 0.78 0.62 0.67 0.74 26/27 0.60 0.79 0.74 0.66 27/28 0.66 0.63 0.64 0.65
5. Visuospatial functions
JoL 23/24 0.59 0.81 0.76 0.66 21/22 0.47 0.79 0.69 0.60 23/24 0.63 0.81 0.77 0.69 22/23 0.59 0.78 0.73 0.66
CLOX I 11/12 0.81 0.98 0.98 0.84 11/12 0.81 0.39 0.57 0.67 12/13 0.84 0.92 0.91 0.85 13/14 0.91 0.26 0.55 0.74

Cutoff = optimal diagnostic cutoffs (cutoffs with maximum combined sensitivity and specificity). 2. Executive function = Letter fluency (N + K + P).

Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; PST‐C, Prague Stroop Test Interference Score; Semantic fluency (animals + clothes + shopping); WAIS‐R Sim, Similarities; RAVLT‐DR, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test Delayed Recall; WMS‐III FP‐DR, Wechsler Memory Scale, Third Revision Family Pictures Delayed Recall; JoL, Judgment of Line Orientation; CLOX‐I Royall's CLOX.