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. 2018 Aug 10;46(2):312–323. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4111-3

Table 3.

Agreement between clinical and [18F]FDG PET diagnoses

Disclosure of amyloid PET results Change (%)
Before After
All patients (n = 84) 62 (kappa = 0.24)* 86 (kappa = 0.71)** 24% (chi2 = 13.9)**
Early onset (≤65 years; n = 36) 64 (kappa = 0.25) 92 (kappa = 0.83)** 28% (chi2 = 6.8)**
Late-onset (>65 years; n = 48) 60 (kappa = 0.2) 81 (kappa = 0.63)** 21% (chi2 = 5.8)*
 Early vs. late onset n.s. n.s. (p = 0.156) n.s.
Late onset, AUC consistent (n = 33) 64 (kappa = 0.17) 85 (kappa = 0.69)** 21% (chi2 = 4.0)*
Late onset, not AUC consistent (n = 15) 53 (kappa = −0.13) 73 (kappa = 0.40) 20% (chi2 = 0.8)
 Late onset, consistent vs. not consistent n.s. n.s. n.s.

AUC Appropriate Use Criteria, n.s. not significant

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05