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. 2022 Apr 26;14:60. doi: 10.1186/s13195-022-01003-w

Table 2.

Concordance of Elecsys CSF immunoassay biomarkers and biomarker ratios with amyloid PET

CSF biomarker AUC (95% CI) Cut-off Sensitivity Specificity
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

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