Table 3 Results of the discriminant analysis using the CSF biomarker levels for a differential diagnosis of PD from normal controls.

From: Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Autophagy-related Proteins Represent Potentially Novel Biomarkers of Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease

 

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

cut-off value

LC3B

96.9% (83.8–99.9)

89.3% (71.8–97.7)

0.982 (0.959–1.000)

29.8 pg/mL

Beclin1

96.9% (83.8–99.9)

71.4% (51.3–86.8)

0.869 (0.765–0.974)

0.26 ng/mL

ATG5

56.3% (37.7–73.6)

82.1% (63.1–93.9)

0.697 (0.697–0.833)

0.64 AU

LAMP-2

62.5% (43.7–78.9)

75.0% (55.1–89.3)

0.663 (0.520–0.806)

0.31 pg/mL

α-synuclein

96.9% (83.8–99.9)

53.6% (33.9–72.5)

0.828 (0.724–0.931)

174.5 pg/mL

Total tau

34.4% (18.6–53.2)

100.0% (100.0–100.0)

0.691 (0.557–0.825)

38.57 pg/mL

  1. CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; PD: Parkinson’s disease; CI: confidence interval.