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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2022 Jul 29;92(4):650–662. doi: 10.1002/ana.26453

Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for antemortem and postmortem CSF αSyn-SAA against αSyn-pathology.

ANTEMORTEM (n=119)

Variable Value, % (95% CI)
Sensitivity 71.2 (59.4–80.7)
Limbic/Neocortical 97.8 (88.4–99.9)
Amygdala 14.3 (5.0–34.6)

Specificity 98.1 (90.1–99.9)

Positive predictive value 97.9 (89.1–99.9)

Negative predictive value 73.2 (62.0–82.2)

POSTMORTEM (n=56)

Variable Value, % (95% CI)

Sensitivity 80.0 (62.7–90.5)
Limbic/Neocortical 90.0 (69.9–98.2)
Amygdala 60.0 (31.3–83.2)

Specificity 88.5 (71.0–96.0)

Positive predictive value 88.9 (71.9–96.2)

Negative predictive value 79.3 (61.6–90.2)