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. 2019 Dec 20;77(3). doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.4347

Table 2. Cognitive, Fluid Biomarker, and Imaging AUC Values From ROC Curve Analyses.

Variablea AUC by Group Comparison
Controls vs PSP-All Controls vs CBS-All PSP-All vs CBS-All PSP-RS vs PSP-Cortical PSP-RS vs PSP-Subcortical PSP-Cortical vs PSP-Subcortical CBS-AD vs CBS-4RT
MoCA 0.84 0.79 0.66 0.75 0.83 0.80 0.87
ECAS 0.91 0.83 0.61 0.73 0.82 0.80 0.80
ACE-III 0.94 0.88 0.64 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.80
Serum NF-L 0.88 0.91 0.72 0.74 0.83 0.75 0.76
Pons-midbrain ratio 0.69 0.73 0.84 0.71 0.58 0.60 0.66
Imaging region
Pons 0.76 0.92 0.78 0.59 0.58 0.70 0.57
Midbrain 0.89 0.91 0.56 0.63 0.65 0.60 0.60
Medulla 0.78 0.82 0.51 0.54 0.59 0.52 0.69
Cerebellum 0.59 0.79 0.55 0.73 0.54 0.80 0.63
Frontal lobe 0.80 0.71 0.75 0.76 0.70 0.89 0.57
Parietal lobe 0.69 0.60 0.73 0.73 0.60 0.84 0.69
Temporal lobe 0.79 0.67 0.77 0.65 0.60 0.75 0.51
Occipital lobe 0.59 0.63 0.61 0.72 0.52 0.78 0.54
Central structures 0.88 0.81 0.74 0.62 0.50 0.64 0.57
Ventricles 0.71 0.51 0.81 0.60 0.68 0.79 0.66

Abbreviations: ACE-III, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination 3; AD, Alzheimer disease; AUC, area under the ROC curve; CBS, corticobasal syndrome; ECAS, Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS (Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Screen; 4RT, 4-repeat tau; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NF-L, neurofilament light chain; PSP, progressive supranuclear palsy; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; RS, Richardson syndrome.

a

Cognitive scale and serum NF-L AUC values are based on logistic regression analyses that used sex, age at symptom onset, and disease duration at testing as covariates. Imaging group comparisons were adjusted for sex, age at scan, and total intracranial volume. An AUC of 0.80 or greater indicated high diagnostic accuracy.