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Table 4 Results of receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis of jugular venous reflux status using the first principal component of the normalized whole brain and gray matter volumes combined

From: Jugular venous reflux and brain parenchyma volumes in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

Group

Area under curve

True positives

False negatives

True negatives

False positives

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

Significance p value

Controls

0.538

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

0.401

MCI

0.713

19

5

5

4

79.2%

55.5%

72.7%

0.012

AD

0.794

5

2

8

1

71.4%

88.9%

81.3%

0.007

  1. MCI Mild cognitive impairment, AD Alzheimer’s disease.
  2. n.s. Not significant.