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Table 3 Diagnosis utility of combination of Neucop-Q on account of amyloid or tau PET positivity

From: Can the clinical sign “head-turning sign” and simple questions in “Neucop-Q” predict amyloid β pathology?

All participants

Participants without Amyloid PET +

 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cimp/Pimp/Nimp

6

11

0.353

PPV

Cimp/Pimp/Nimp

5

5

0.500

other

43

95

0.688

NPV

other

44

43

0.494

 

0.122

0.896

   

0.102

0.896

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cnor/Pimp/Nimp

2

3

0.400

PPV

Cnor/Pimp/Nimp

2

1

0.667

other

47

103

0.687

NPV

other

47

47

0.500

 

0.041

0.972

   

0.041

0.979

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cimp/Pnor/Nimp

15

3

0.833

PPV

Cimp/Pnor/Nimp

1

2

0.333

other

34

103

0.752

NPV

other

48

46

0.489

 

0.306

0.972

   

0.020

0.958

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cimp/Pimp/Nnor

2

5

0.286

PPV

Cimp/Pimp/Nnor

4

1

0.800

other

47

101

0.682

NPV

other

45

47

0.511

 

0.041

0.953

   

0.082

0.979

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cnor/Pnor/Nimp

5

8

0.385

PPV

Cnor/Pnor/Nimp

5

2

0.714

other

44

98

0.690

NPV

other

44

46

0.511

 

0.102

0.925

   

0.102

0.958

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cnor/Pimp/Nnor

0

3

0.000

PPV

Cnor/Pimp/Nnor

3

0

other

49

103

0.678

NPV

other

46

48

0.511

 

0.000

0.972

   

0.061

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cimp/Pnor/Nnor

10

27

0.270

PPV

Cimp/Pnor/Nnor

10

12

0.455

other

39

79

0.669

NPV

other

39

36

0.480

 

0.204

0.745

   

0.204

0.750

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
 

AD or AD-MCI

   

non-AD Tau PET

 
 

(+)

(-)

   

(+)

(-)

 

Cnor/Pnor/Nnor

9

46

0.164

PPV

Cnor/Pnor/Nnor

19

25

0.432

other

40

60

0.600

NPV

other

30

23

0.434

 

0.184

0.566

   

0.388

0.479

 
 

sens.

spec.

   

sens.

spec.

 
  1. C: Consciousness, P: Pleasure, N: News, imp: impaired, normal: nor, sens.: sensitivity, spec.: specificity, PET: positron emission tomography, PPV, positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value, AD: Alzheimer’s disease, MCI: mild cognitive impairment