Early differentiation of neurodegenerative diseases using the novel QSM technique: what is the biomarker of each disorder?

Table 5 The results of receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) test in AD and MCI

		Caudate nucleus	Globus pallidus nucleus	Putamen nucleus	Hippocampus nucleus	Thalamus nucleus	Amygdala nucleus
Kim et al. [45]	AD				AUC = 0.803, P < 0.0001	AUC = 0.742, P = 0.0036	AUC = 0.831, P < 0.0001
	aMCI				AUC = 0.709, P = 0.0189	AUC = 0.692, P = 0.0286
	AD and aMCI						AUC = 0.739, P = 0.0044
Li et al. [52]	AD	AUC = 0.84, P < 0.0001	AUC = 0.99, P < 0.0001	AUC = 0.96, P < 0.0001		AUC = 0.69, P = 0.0137
	MCI	AUC = 0.81, P < 0.0001	AUC = 0.89, P < 0.0001	AUC = 0.94, P < 0.0001		AUC = 0.67,P = 0.02
	SDC	AUC = 0.71, P = 0.0069	AUC = 0.81,P < 0.0001	AUC = 0.90, P < 0.0001
Meineke et al. [72]	AD	AUC = 0.86, P = 0.016		AUC = 0.94, P = 0.013

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