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Table 2 Comparison of self-reported dementia cases and Cluster 3 “Likely Dementia” cases

From: Identification of high likelihood of dementia in population-based surveys using unsupervised clustering: a longitudinal analysis

Wave

Number of participants

SHARE

Clusters

Self-reported dementia

Metrics

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3 (Likely Dementia)

Missing

No

Yes

AUC (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Wave 1 (2004–05)

15,278

11,369 (74.4%)

3374 (22.1%)

535 (3.5%)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Wave 2 (2006–07)

15,278

11,433 (74.8%)

2832 (18.5%)

1013 (6.6%)

40 (0.3%)

14,960 (97.9%)

278 (1.8%)

0.805 (0.776–0.835)

0.665 (0.610–0.721)

0.945 (0.942–0.949)

Wave 4 (2010–11)

10,008

7911 (79%)

1406 (14%)

691 (7%)

21 (0.2%)

9735 (97.3%)

252 (2.5%)

0.825 (0.794–0.855)

0.702 (0.646–0.759)

0.947 (0.943–0.952)

Wave 5 (2012–13)

8418

6429 (76.4%)

1312 (15.6%)

677 (8%)

10 (0.1%)

8129 (96.6%)

279 (3.3%)

0.794 (0.763–0.825)

0.649 (0.593–0.705)

0.939 (0.934–0.944)

Wave 6 (2014–15)

6485

4913 (75.8%)

987 (15.2%)

585 (9%)

8 (0.1%)

6204 (95.7%)

273 (4.2%)

0.755 (0.723–0.787)

0.579 (0.520–0.637)

0.931 (0.925–0.938)

Wave 7 (2016–17)

5533

3991 (72.1%)

1028 (18.6%)

514 (9.3%)

5 (0.1%)

5252 (94.9%)

276 (5%)

0.745 (0.712–0.777)

0.558 (0.499–0.617)

0.931 (0.925–0.938)

  1. AUC Area Under the Curve, CI Confidence interval, NA Not available