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Table 4 Prevalence and performance of selected hypometabolism hallmarks in discriminating DLB from ADD and PD patients

From: Brain glucose metabolism in Lewy body dementia: implications for diagnostic criteria

Prevalence (%) of selected hypometabolism hallmarks

 

Occipital hypometabolism

Cingulate island sign

DLPFC hypometabolism

Hypometabolism symmetry

DLB

66/72 (91.7%)

57/72 (79.2%)

31/72 (43.1%)

71/72 (98.6%)

ADD

5/60 (8.3%)

22/60 (36.7%)

10/60 (16.7%)

47/60 (78.3%)

PD

5/36 (13.9%)

–

2/36 (5.56%)

–

Performance of selected hypometabolism hallmarks

 

DLB vs. ADD

Hypometabolism hallmarks

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

Occipital hypometabolism

0.92 (0.83–0.97)

0.92 (0.82–0.97)

0.92 (0.86–0.96)

Cingulate island sign

0.79 (0.68–0.88)

0.63 (0.50–0.75)

0.72 (0.63–0.79)

DLPFC hypometabolism

0.43 (0.31–0.55)

0.83 (0.71–0.92)

0.61 (0.53–0.70)

Hypometabolism symmetry

0.99 (0.93–1)

0.22 (0.12–0.34)

0.64 (0.55–0.72)

 

DLB vs. PD

Hypometabolism hallmarks

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

Occipital hypometabolism

0.92 (0.83–0.97)

0.86 (0.70–0.95)

0.90 (0.83–0.95)

Cingulate island sign

–

–

–

DLPFC hypometabolism

0.43 (0.31–0.55)

0.94 (0.81–0.99)

0.60 (0.50–0.69)

Hypometabolism symmetry

–

–

–

  1. Abbreviations: ADD Alzheimer’s disease dementia, DLB dementia with Lewy bodies, DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, PD Parkinson’s disease