Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
School
Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care
RAS ID
26629
Funders
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA
Abstract
Introduction
Changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau and amyloid β (Aβ)42 accompany development of Alzheimer's brain pathology. Robust tau and Aβ42 immunoassays were developed to establish a tau/Aβ42 cutoff distinguishing mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects from healthy elderly control (HC) subjects.
Methods
A CSF tau/Aβ42 cutoff criteria was chosen, which distinguished the groups and maximized concordance with amyloid PET. Performance was assessed using an independent validation cohort.
Results
A tau/Aβ42 = 0.215 cutoff provided 94.8% sensitivity and 77.7% specificity. Concordance with PET visual reads was estimated at 86.9% in a ∼50% PET positive population. In the validation cohort, the cutoff demonstrated 78.4% sensitivity and 84.9% specificity to distinguish the AD and HC populations.
Discussion
A tau/Aβ42 cutoff with acceptable sensitivity and specificity distinguished HC from mild-to-moderate AD subjects and maximized concordance to brain amyloidosis. The defined cutoff demonstrated that CSF analysis may be useful as a surrogate to imaging assessment of AD pathology.
DOI
10.1016/j.dadm.2017.02.004
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Comments
Mo, Y., Stromswold, J., Wilson, K., Holder, D., Sur, C., Laterza, O., ... & Burke, J. (2017). A multinational study distinguishing Alzheimer's and healthy patients using cerebrospinal fluid tau/Aβ42 cutoff with concordance to amyloid positron emission tomography imaging. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 6, 201-209.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2017.02.004