Table 3.
ROC analysis and AUC: overall and according to heart failure (HF) status
| AUC | 95% CI | Youden index | Sensitivity | Specificity | |
| Baseline troponin I value | |||||
| Overall | 0.63 | 0.58 to 0.68 | 19.5 | 0.92 | 0.41 |
| Group 1 (no HF) | 0.67 | 0.56 to 0.76 | 18.5 | 0.88 | 0.54 |
| Group 2 (mild HF) | 0.71 | 0.63 to 0.79 | 22.5 | 0.90 | 0.53 |
| Group 3 (severe HF) | 0.54 | 0.37 to 0.58 | 19.5 | 0.92 | 0.25 |
| Change in troponin I absolute values | |||||
| Overall | 0.83 | 0.79 to 0.88 | 29.4 | 0.87 | 0.78 |
| Group 1 (no HF) | 0.81 | 0.72 to 0.89 | 87.4 | 0.72 | 0.78 |
| Group 2 (mild HF) | 0.86 | 0.79 to 0.93 | 49.4 | 0.88 | 0.76 |
| Group 3 (severe HF) | 0.82 | 0.75 to 0.89 | 30.9 | 0.81 | 0.75 |
| Change in troponin I relative values (%) | |||||
| Overall | 0.83 | 0.78 to 0.88 | 42.5 | 0.88 | 0.69 |
| Group 1 (no HF) | 0.79 | 0.69 to 0.88 | 75.2 | 0.79 | 0.70 |
| Group 2 (mild HF) | 0.79 | 0.70 to 0.88 | 43.0 | 0.94 | 0.61 |
| Group 3 (severe HF) | 0.89 | 0.83 to 0.95 | 21.1 | 1.00 | 0.75 |
Group 1 comprises patients without HF, group 2 patients with mild HF, group 3 patients with more severe HF.
AUC, area under the curve; ROC, receiver operating characteristic.