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. 2023 Oct 4;14:1222617. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1222617

TABLE 4.

Sensitivities and specificities of potential DNA methylation markers for the detection of esophageal cancer in the training cohort.

Sensitivity (95% CI, %) Specificity (95% CI, %) Youden index (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
△Ct ZNF582 43.8 (29.8–58.7) 93.1 (85.6–96.9) 36.9 75.0 77.7
△Ct FAM19A4 25.0 (14.1–39.9) 90.1 (82.1–94.9) 15.1 54.5 71.6
△Ct ZNF582 + △Ct FAM19A4 60.4 (45.3–73.9) 83.2 (74.1–89.6) 43.6 63.0 81.5

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.