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. 2015 Jan 28;2015(1):CD010632. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010632.pub2

5. Summary of test accuracy at study level for conversion to Alzheimer’s disease dementia.

Studies included in meta‐analysis
Study ID Participants (n) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) % of MCI with ¹⁸F‐FDG PET positivity
Anchisi 2005 48 93 82 40
Arnáiz 2001 20 67 82 40
Berent 1999 20 70 70 50
Chételat 2003
(temporo‐parietal brain region)
17 100 100 41
Clerici 2009 26 92 15 88
Drzezga 2005 30 92 89 43
Fellgiebel 2007 16 100 75 44
Galluzzi 2010 38 79 29 74
Herholz 2011 (ADNI study) 94 57 67 40
Mosconi 2004 37 38 97 10.5
Nobili 2008 33 82 91 33
Ossenkoppele 2012a 12 75 88 33
Ossenkoppele 2012b 12 83 100 42
Pardo 2010(Reader 1) 18 25 60 32
Studies included only in descriptive analysis
Chételat 2003
(posterior cingulate brain region)
17 100 90 47
Landau 2010 (ADNI study) 85 75 47 60
Pardo 2010 (Reader 2) 17 33 30 53
Schmand 2012 (ADNI study) 98 24 82 20

ADNI: Alzheimer's Disease neuroimaging initiative