Table 3 Comparison of combined and individual performance using volumes of selected brain regions, SUVRs of Braak ROIs and volume of the hippocampus in discriminating AD from HC and MCI.

From: Combination of automated brain volumetry on MRI and quantitative tau deposition on THK-5351 PET to support diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

 

AUROC

P*

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Accuracy (%)

AD vs. HC

Combined model (volumes of selected brain regions + SUVRs of Braak ROIs)

0.98 (0.95, 1.00)

 

100

90.6

94.8

Volumes of selected brain regions (cingulate isthmus, inferior parietal lobe, hippocampus)

0.94 (0.88, 1.00)

0.094

88.5

90.6

89.7

SUVRs of Braak ROIs (Braak I/II, III/IV, V/VI)

0.88 (0.79, 0.98)

0.033

84.6

90.6

87.9

Volume of the hippocampus

0.78 (0.65, 0.91)

0.003

53.8

96.8

77.6

AD vs. MCI

Combined model (volumes of selected brain regions + SUVRs of Braak ROIs)

0.85 (0.75, 0.94)

 

84.6

74.5

77.8

Volumes of selected brain regions (cingulate isthmus, inferior parietal lobe, hippocampus)

0.78 (0.68, 0.89)

0.065

75.4

80.0

75.3

SUVRs of Braak ROIs (Braak I/II, III/IV, V/VI)

0.79 (0.62, 0.92)

0.178

76.9

80.0

79.0

Volume of the hippocampus

0.48 (0.34, 0.63)

 < 0.001

38.4

69.1

59.2

  1. Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals. AUROC = area under the receiver operating characteristics curve.
  2. P < 0.05 values are indicated in bold
  3. *P-value refers to the significance between the differences of the AUROCs between the combined model and other model.