Diagnostic accuracy of the Cogstate Brief Battery for prevalent MCI and prodromal AD (MCI A + T + ) in a population‐based sample

Autor: Clifford R. Jack, Nikki H. Stricker, Walter K. Kremers, Ronald C. Petersen, Mary M. Machulda, Eva Alden, David S. Knopman, Sabrina M. Albertson, Emily S. Lundt, Michelle M. Mielke, Shehroo B Pudumjee
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Alzheimer's & Dementia. 17:584-594
ISSN: 1552-5279
1552-5260
Popis: Introduction This study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and prodromal Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a population-based sample. Methods Participants included adults ages 50+ classified as cognitively unimpaired (CU, n = 2866) or MCI (n = 226), and a subset with amyloid (A) and tau (T) positron emission tomography who were AD biomarker negative (A-T-) or had prodromal AD (A+T+). Results Diagnostic accuracy of the Learning/Working Memory Composite (Lrn/WM) for discriminating all CU and MCI was moderate (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.75), but improved when discriminating CU A-T- and MCI A+T+ (AUC = 0.93) and when differentiating MCI participants without AD biomarkers from those with prodromal AD (AUC = 0.86). Conventional cut-offs yielded lower than expected sensitivity for both MCI (38%) and prodromal AD (73%). Discussion Clinical utility of the CBB for detecting MCI in a population-based sample is lower than expected. Caution is needed when using currently available CBB normative data for clinical interpretation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE