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. 2020 Jan 21;10:804. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57878-y

Table 5.

Clinical values of blood enantiomeric proportions obtained in the Control vs. MCI or Dementia groups (selected participants).

Group Enantiomeric proportion Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) AUC 95% CI p-value Cut-off
Control vs. MCI D-Pro, %D 57 87 0.71 0.639–0.789 <0.001 0.41
D-Ser, %D 58 57 0.60 0.519–0.681 0.016 0.91
D-Ala, %D 68 55 0.67 0.589–0.743 <0.001 0.31
D-Pro × D-Ser, %D2 70 84 0.80 0.723–0.877 <0.001 0.30
D-Pro × D-Ala, %D2 74 58 0.72 0.642–0.792 <0.001 0.10
D-Ser × D-Ala, %D2 68 58 0.67 0.598–0.752 <0.001 0.26
D-Pro × D-Ser × D-Ala, %D3 65 68 0.73 0.653–0.802 <0.001 0.10
D-Pro × D-Ser/D-Ala, %D 57 53 0.55 0.465–0.637 0.246 0.82
Control vs. Dementia D-Pro, %D 67 87 0.72 0.457–0.987 0.100 0.45
D-Ser, %D 83 58 0.67 0.381–0.955 0.251 0.94
D-Ala, %D 67 68 0.68 0.429–0.924 0.163 0.41
D-Pro × D-Ser, %D2 67 90 0.73 0.448–1.003 0.112 0.50
D-Pro × D-Ala, %D2 83 80 0.77 0.543–0.996 0.020 0.16
D-Ser × D-Ala, %D2 83 78 0.73 0.471–0.995 0.080 0.45
D-Pro × D-Ser × D-Ala, %D3 83 80 0.80 0.553–1.042 0.026 0.15
D-Pro × D-Ser/D-Ala, %D 67 68 0.62 0.361–0.878 0.365 1.19

Selected participants: Control (N = 60, MMSE: 30), MCI (N = 149, MMSE: 26–21), Dementia (N = 6, MMSE: 20–0).