Sensitivity and specificity of RUDAS and MMSE
| Test | Dementia | Subtypes of dementia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD | VD | Non-AD non-VD | ||||||
| Sn | Sp | Sn | Sp | Sn | Sp | Sn | Sp | |
| AD subtype: 23 patients, 23 controls; dementia: 58 patients, 58 controls; non-AD non-VD subtype: 18 patients, 18 controls; VD subtype: 17 patients, 17 controls. | ||||||||
| AD, Alzheimer’s disease; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; n, number; RUDAS, Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale; Sn, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; VD, vascular dementia. | ||||||||
| *Significant difference when compared with RUDAS. | ||||||||
| RUDAS | 0.88 | 0.76 | 1.0 | 0.74 | 0.82 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.72 |
| MMSE | 0.9 | 0.48* | 0.96 | 0.39* | 0.88 | 0.47* | 0.83 | 0.61 |