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As reference standard, we used either amyloid (<jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>F\u2010flutemetamol) positron emission tomography (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PET<\/jats:styled-content>) imaging (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 215) or clinical diagnosis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 967) of well\u2010characterized patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>When using three different immunoassays in cases with subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment, the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CSF<\/jats:styled-content> A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42\/A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>40 and A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42\/A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>38 ratios were significantly better predictors of abnormal amyloid <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PET<\/jats:styled-content> than <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CSF<\/jats:styled-content> A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42. Lower A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42, A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42\/A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>40, and A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42\/A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>38 ratios, but not A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>40 and A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>38, correlated with smaller hippocampal volumes measured by magnetic resonance imaging. However, lower A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>38, A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>40, and A<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>42, but not the ratios, correlated with non\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AD<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010specific subcortical changes, that is, larger lateral ventricles and white matter lesions. 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