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. 2020 Dec 15;10(3):205–215. doi: 10.1159/000509357

Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV) for mild and moderate/severe cognitive impairment, as defined by the MoCA, for different cut-offs on the AMTS

AMTS cut-off Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) PPV (95% CI) NPV (95% CI)
Mild cognitive impairment (MoCA <26)
 <10 83.4% (76.8–88.8) 72.7% (39.0–94.0) 97.8% (93.8–99.6) 22.9% (10.4–40.1)
 <9 61.3% (53.4–68.9) 100% (71.5–100) 100% (96.4–100) 14.9% (7.7–25.0)
 <8 44.8% (37.0–52.8) 100% (71.5–100) 100% (95.1–100) 10.9% (5.6–18.7)
 <7 35.0% (27.7–42.8) 100% (71.5–100) 100% (93.7–100) 9.4% (4.8–16.2)
 <6 20.2% (14.4–27.2) 100% (71.5–100) 100% (89.4–100) 7.8% (4.0–13.5)
Moderate/severe cognitive impairment (MoCA <18)
 <10 92.4% (84.9–96.9) 34.1% (24.0–45.4) 61.2% (52.5–69.3) 80.0% (63.1–91.6)
 <9 85.9% (77.0–92.3) 74.4% (63.6–83.4) 79.0% (69.7–86.5) 82.4% (71.8–90.3)
 <8 72.8% (62.6–81.6) 92.7% (84.8–97.3) 91.8% (83.0–96.9) 75.2% (65.7–83.3)
 <7 59.8% (49.0–69.9) 97.6% (91.5–99.7) 96.5% (87.9–99.6) 68.4% (59.1–76.7)
 <6 35.9% (26.1–46.5) 100% (95.6–100%) 100% (89.4–100) 58.2% (49.6–66.4)