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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;76(1):261–274. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200087

Table 3.

Diagnostic accuracy of memory measures based on derived, optimal cut-off scores and conventional cut-off scores (≤ −1 SD) indicative of subtle objective cognitive impairment (sOBJ).

Measure Group Comparison AUC (95% CI) Threshold Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI)

CBB Lrn/WM composite z-score A−T− vs A+T− among CU 0.51 (0.42,0.60) −0.23 z 0.38 (0.26,0.51) 0.75 (0.68,0.82)
Conventional 0.11 (0.05,0.20) 0.95 (0.92,0.99)
A−T− vs A+T+ among CU 0.59 (0.47,0.72) −0.06 z 0.55 (0.36,0.73) 0.68 (0.61,0.76)
Conventional 0.18 (0.06,0.33) 0.95 (0.91,0.99)
CU stable vs converter 0.70 (0.65,0.74) −0.04 0.77 (0.70,0.83) 0.58 (0.53, 0.62)
Conventional 0.25 (0.18,0.32) 0.88 (0.85,0.91)

AVLT delay MOANS Scaled Score1 A−T− vs A+T− among CU 0.64 (0.57,0.72) 11.5 SS 0.83 (0.73,0.92) 0.42 (0.34,0.50)
Conventional 0.25 (0.15,0.37) 0.88 (0.83,0.93)
A−T− vs A+T+ among CU 0.66 (0.56, 0.77) 7.5 SS 0.45 (0.27, 0.64) 0.88 (0.83, 0.93)
Conventional 0.45 (0.27, 0.61) 0.88 (0.83, 0.93)
CU stable vs converter 0.70 (0.65, 0.75) 9.5 SS 0.70 (0.63, 0.77) 0.61 (0.56, 0.65)
Conventional 0.38 (0.31, 0.46) 0.86 (0.83, 0.89)

Note. A = amyloid; T = tau; CU = Cognitively Unimpaired; CBB = Cogstate Brief Battery; Lrn/WM = Learning/Working Memory; AVLT = Auditory Verbal Learning Test 30-Minute Delayed Recall; MOANS = Mayo’s Older Americans Normative Studies.

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Performance is considered as part of consensus diagnosis.