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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 4:

Accuracy with shorter (≤3.9 years) and longer (>3.9 years) PET-to-autopsy time interval

PET to autopsy interval Shorter (≤3.9Y)
n=50, 17 I/H ADNC
Longer (>3.9Y)
n=51, 28 I/H ADNC
PIB FDG P PIB FDG P
Sensitivity 94 [71100] 88 [6499] 0.56 96 [82–100] 75 [55–89] 0.01
Specificity 85 [6896] 78 [6091] 0.32 87 [6697] 92 [7399] 0.65
Positive Likelihood Ratio 6.2 [2.814.1] 4.0 [2.17.9] 0.28 7.4 [2.621.3] 9 [2.434.5] 0.61
Negative Likelihood Ratio 0.07 [0.010.45] 0.15 [0.040.56] 0.51 0.04 [0.01–0.3] 0.27 [0.14–0.52] 0.04
Positive Predictive Value 76 [5392] 68 [4586] 0.27 90 [7398] 91 [7299] 0.87
Negative Predictive Value 97 [82100] 93 [7699] 0.51 95 [76–100] 76 [56–90] 0.01
Accuracy 88 [7695] 82 [6891] 0.77 92 [80–98] 83 [68–91] 0.04

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