Table 2.
CSF biomarker | AUC (95% CI) | Cut-off | Sensitivity | Specificity | |
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Aβ42 | 0.78 (0.68−0.88) | Pre-defined | < 1000 pg/mL | 0.93 | 0.57 |
Youden index | < 1070 pg/mL | 1.00 | 0.57 | ||
pTau181 | 0.82 (0.73−0.90) | Pre-defined | > 27 pg/mL | 0.69 | 0.80 |
Youden index | > 22 pg/mL | 0.83 | 0.71 | ||
tTau | 0.78 (0.68−0.87) | Pre-defined | > 300 pg/mL | 0.63 | 0.73 |
Youden index | > 241 pg/mL | 0.87 | 0.63 | ||
pTau181/Aβ42 ratio | 0.88 (0.81−0.95) | Pre-defined | > 0.024 | 0.96 | 0.69 |
Youden index | > 0.027 | 0.96 | 0.76 | ||
tTau/Aβ42 ratio | 0.87 (0.80−0.95) | Pre-defined | > 0.28 | 0.92 | 0.69 |
Youden index | > 0.33 | 0.91 | 0.78 | ||
Aβ42/40 ratio | 0.90 (0.83−0.97) | Pre-defined | NA | NA | NA |
Youden index | < 0.048 | 0.94 | 0.82 | ||
pTau181/(Aβ42/40) ratio | 0.87 (0.80−0.94) | Pre-defined | NA | NA | NA |
Youden index | > 447 | 0.92 | 0.76 | ||
tTau/(Aβ42/40) ratio | 0.86 (0.79−0.94) | Pre-defined | NA | NA | NA |
Youden index | > 5164 | 0.94 | 0.73 |
Aβ amyloid beta, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, NA not applicable, PET positron emission tomography, pTau181 phosphorylated tau 181, tTau total tau