Table 1 Classification results in % (6-fold cross-validation, LDA 100 runs, RF/SVM 20 runs) obtained distinguishing between AD and HC (top) and sMCI from pMCI (bottom).

From: Structural brain imaging in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment: biomarker analysis and shared morphometry database

AD patients (N = 322, PositivesP) vs. Healthy Controls (N = 404, NegativesN) (baseline analysis, volumes corrected for age/gender/brain size)

structure

ACC (bACC)

SENS

SPEC

mean [rel. to HC] (SD) [mm3]P,†

mean (SD) [mm3]N,†

effect size (d)

p-value

sig. (corr.)

RandomForest (all features)

87 (86)

83

90

     

SVM (all features)

90 (89)

86

92

     

(surrogate structures)

BrainTissue

72 (71)

63

78

−17942.8 [\(\hat{=}\) −1.5%] (22718.7)

0 (17403.6)

0.900

<0.00001

++ (++)

CorticalGreyMatter

68 (67)

63

72

−23635.9 [\(\hat{=}\) −4.6%] (28907.3)

0 (24078.1)

0.898

<0.00001

++ (++)

Ventricles

72 (71)

63

79

17757.3 [\(\hat{=}\) 46.2%] (22639.6)

0 (17293.9)

0.895

<0.00001

++ (++)

WhiteMatter

57 (56)

51

61

7242.2 [\(\hat{=}\) 1.7%] (29309.8)

0 (28686.1)

0.250

0.00086

++ (o)

DeepGreyMatter

52 (52)

50

54

−1549.1 [\(\hat{=}\) −0.9%] (13310.2)

0 (11142.2)

0.127

0.08834

o (o)

Brain

54 (55)

56

53

1199158.5 (132290.9)

1212115.6 (118623.9)

0.104

0.16526

o (o)

(selected individual structures)

Amygdala

80 (80)

76

84

−452.0 [\(\hat{=}\) −20.0%] (332.0)

0 (250.5)

1.561

<0.00001

++ (++)

Hippocampus

78 (78)

75

80

−1115.4 [\(\hat{=}\) −17.0%] (817.7)

0 (660.7)

1.519

<0.00001

++ (++)

EntA

78 (78)

76

80

−801.3 [\(\hat{=}\) −19.0%] (583.3)

0 (485.3)

1.509

<0.00001

++ (++)

LeftHippocampus

79 (78)

76

81

−588.1 [\(\hat{=}\) −18.4%] (423.1)

0 (364.6)

1.502

<0.00001

++ (++)

RightAmygdala

80 (80)

77

83

−232.2 [\(\hat{=}\) −20.2%] (182.6)

0 (139.4)

1.452

<0.00001

++ (++)

LeftAmygdala

78 (78)

75

81

−219.8 [\(\hat{=}\) −19.7%] (179.7)

0 (135.5)

1.403

<0.00001

++ (++)

RightHippocampus

76 (75)

71

79

−527.3 [\(\hat{=}\) −15.7%] (488.0)

0 (339.1)

1.280

<0.00001

++ (++)

InfLatVent

78 (77)

65

89

1330.8 [\(\hat{=}\) 65.8%] (1367.4)

0 (702.2)

1.267

<0.00001

++ (++)

LeftInfLatVent

77 (76)

66

86

649.5 [\(\hat{=}\) 68.2%] (677.1)

0 (360.6)

1.237

<0.00001

++ (++)

ITG

71 (71)

69

73

−2588.0 [\(\hat{=}\) −10.7%] (2506.9)

0 (1954.5)

1.168

<0.00001

++ (++)

progressive MCI (N = 177, PositivesP) vs. stable MCI (N = 166, NegativesN) (baseline analysis, volumes corrected for age/gender/brain size)

structure

ACC (bACC)

SENS

SPEC

mean [rel. to HC] (SD) [mm3]P,

mean [rel. to HC] (SD) [mm3]N,

effect size (d)

p-value

sig. (corr.)

RandomForest (all features)

68 (68)

72

64

     

SVM (all features)

67 (67)

70

64

     

(surrogate structures)

BrainTissue

60 (60)

51

69

−12652.2 [\(\hat{=}\) −1.1%] (20144.6)

−4372.1 [\(\hat{=}\) −0.4%] (20741.3)

0.405

0.00021

++ (+)

Ventricles

60 (60)

51

70

12483.5 [\(\hat{=}\) 35.6%] (20045.3)

4427.7 [\(\hat{=}\) 9.7%] (20676.8)

0.396

0.00029

++ (+)

CorticalGreyMatter

56 (56)

55

56

−16743.9 [\(\hat{=}\) −3.2%] (27348.8)

−6929.4 [\(\hat{=}\) −1.3%] (26948.6)

0.361

0.00091

++ (o)

Brain

51 (51)

52

49

1222424.9 (131084.2)

1238635.5 (118830.2)

0.129

0.23200

o (o)

WhiteMatter

48 (48)

47

49

5966.3 [\(\hat{=}\) 1.3%] (27919.1)

4607.3 [\(\hat{=}\) 1.0%] (26735.5)

0.050

0.64592

o (o)

DeepGreyMatter

47 (47)

46

48

−1874.6 [\(\hat{=}\) −1.0%] (11838.0)

−2050.0 [\(\hat{=}\) −1.1%] (11988.8)

0.015

0.89167

o (o)

(selected individual structures)

Amygdala

65 (65)

63

68

−387.4 [\(\hat{=}\) −16.5%] (308.7)

−149.4 [\(\hat{=}\) −6.4%] (352.2)

0.720

<0.00001

++ (++)

LeftAmygdala

62 (62)

61

64

−191.6 [\(\hat{=}\) −16.7%] (161.2)

−70.4 [\(\hat{=}\) −6.0%] (189.7)

0.690

<0.00001

++ (++)

InfLatVent

64 (64)

54

74

1034.0 [\(\hat{=}\) 53.8%] (1097.9)

358.6 [\(\hat{=}\) 17.4%] (903.1)

0.670

<0.00001

++ (++)

LeftInfLatVent

65 (65)

56

75

480.0 [\(\hat{=}\) 53.9%] (538.2)

156.3 [\(\hat{=}\) 15.8%] (451.1)

0.650

<0.00001

++ (++)

RightAmygdala

65 (65)

63

67

−195.8 [\(\hat{=}\) −16.4%] (176.7)

−79.0 [\(\hat{=}\) −6.7%] (184.1)

0.648

<0.00001

++ (++)

EntA

61 (61)

61

60

−678.3 [\(\hat{=}\) −15.6%] (565.7)

−294.0 [\(\hat{=}\) −6.7%] (622.8)

0.647

<0.00001

++ (++)

RightInfLatVent

64 (64)

54

74

554.0 [\(\hat{=}\) 53.9%] (689.1)

202.3 [\(\hat{=}\) 18.9%] (527.5)

0.571

<0.00001

++ (++)

Hippocampus

61 (61)

63

60

−1042.8 [\(\hat{=}\) −15.6%] (817.1)

−604.7 [\(\hat{=}\) −8.9%] (786.1)

0.546

<0.00001

++ (++)

RightHippocampus

63 (63)

61

64

−514.7 [\(\hat{=}\) −15.1%] (442.9)

−287.7 [\(\hat{=}\) −8.3%] (408.3)

0.532

<0.00001

++ (++)

MTG

60 (60)

59

60

−2305.3 [\(\hat{=}\) −7.9%] (2698.1)

−925.8 [\(\hat{=}\) −3.0%] (2708.9)

0.510

<0.00001

++ (++)

  1. Individual structures are sorted by effect size. The 10 structures with largest effect size are listed explicitly. Significant group differences indicated by + (p < 0.05) and ++ (p < 0.001). Bonferroni-corrected significance in parentheses. Features were corrected for age, gender and brain size. Mean also shown in % with respect to sample-specific reference volume used for feature correction.