Table 3. Accuracy of different tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.
Instruments | AUC | P | 95% CI | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Cutoff point |
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CAMCOG | 0.975 | < 0.0001 | 94-99 | 95 | 93 | 75 points |
MMSE | 0.972 | < 0.0001 | 93-99 | 93 | 93 | 23 points |
Constructive praxis | 0.905 | < 0.0001 | 85-95 | 69 | 98 | 4 points |
Total praxis | 0.858 | < 0.0001 | 79-90 | 73 | 84 | 9 points |
Ideomotor praxis | 0.568 | 0.111 | 49-65 | 66 | 44 | 4 points |
AUC = area under the curve; CI = confidence interval; CAMCOG = Cambridge Cognitive Examination; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination. P from chi-square test.