Research Article

Differential Diagnosis Tool for Parkinsonian Syndrome Using Multiple Structural Brain Measures

Table 4

Classification results.

Predicted group membership
MSA-CMSA-PPDControlTotal

Stepwise method (88.9% of original grouped cases correctly classified)

Original dataCountMSA-C1500318
MSA-P093012
PD0219021
Control0002121
%MSA-C83.3 0016.7 100
MSA-P075.0 25.0 0100
PD09.5 90.5 0100
Control0.0 00100.0 100

Two independent variables (84.7% of original grouped cases correctly classified)

Original dataCountMSA-C1500318
MSA-P0102012
PD0417021
Control1101921
%MSA-C83.3 0.0 016.7 100
MSA-P083.3 16.7 0100
PD019.0 81.0 0100
Control4.84.8 0.0 90.5 100

Three independent variables (88.9% of original grouped cases correctly classified)

Original dataCountMSA-C1400418
MSA-P0102012
PD0120021
Control0102021
%MSA-C77.8 0.0 022.2 100
MSA-P083.3 16.7 0100
PD04.8 95.2 0100
Control0.0 4.8 0.0 95.2 100

MSA-C: cerebellar form of multiple system atrophy; MSA-P: parkinsonism forms of multiple system atrophy; PD: Parkinson’s disease.