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