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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2020 Dec 7;89(2):389–401. doi: 10.1002/ana.25968

Table 3:

Diagnostic Utility in Detecting Intermediate-High AD Neuropathological Changes or Intermediate-High AD Neuropathological Changes as Primary Pathology

A. Intermediate-high ADNC
n=101, 45 I/H ADNC
B. AD as Primary Pathology
n=101, 34 I/H ADNC primary pathology
PIB FDG P PIB FDG P
Sensitivity (%) 96 [89–100] 80 [68–92] .02 97 [91100] 94 [86100] .31
Specificity (%) 86 [7695] 84 [7493] .80 73 [6284] 81 [7190] .30
Positive Likelihood Ratio 6.7 [3.512.7] 5 [2.79.2] .52 3.6 [2.45.4] 4.8 [38] .35
Negative Likelihood Ratio 0.05 [0.01–0.2] 0.24 [0.13–0.43] .03 0.04 [.010.28] 0.07 [.02.28] .40
Positive Predictive Value (%) 84 [7494] 80 [6892] .53 65 [5278] 71 [5884] .34
Negative Predictive Value (%) 96 [91–100] 84 [74–93] .01 98 [94100] 96 [92100] .38
Accuracy (%) 90 [8395] 82 [7389] .15 81 [7288] 85 [7791] .54

Diagnostic utility of PIB and FDG in (A) detecting the presence of AD pathology (intermediate to high ADNC as the primary or secondary pathological diagnosis); and (B) detecting AD (intermediate to high ADNC) as the primary pathological diagnosis.

Diagnostic utility is presented as percentage [95% confidence interval]

Abbreviations: PIB – 11C- Pittsburgh compound B; FDG – 18F fluorodeoxyglucose; ADNC – Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological changes; I/H – Intermediate/High