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. 2025 Mar 18;59(1):119–126. doi: 10.14744/SEMB.2025.73368

Table 3.

Predictive ROC analysis results of individual doppler parameters for composite adverse neonatal outcomes

AUC CI (95%) Cut-off p Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
MCA PI 0.693 0.586-0.786 ≤1.52 0.003 71 71
MCA S/D 0.693 0.587-0.786 ≤4.09 0.002 54 82
UA PI 0.534 0.426-0.640 >1.13 0.669 33 89
UA S/D 0.552 0.444-0.657 >2.91 0.506 46 82
UtA PI 0.633 0.525-0.732 >1.06 0.073 54 80
UtA S/D 0.633 0.525-0.732 >2.59 0.063 50 82

MCA PI: Middle cerebral artery pulsatility index; MCA S/D: Middle cerebral artery systolic/diastolic ratio; UA S/D: Umblical arterial systolic/diastolic ratio; UA PI: Umblical arterial pulsatility index; UtA PI: Uterine artery pulsatility index; UtA S/D: Uterine artery systolic/diastolic ratio. Composite adverse neonatal outcomes: Neonatal sepsis, need for mechanical ventilator, need for CPAP, 5th minute APGAR below 7, birth weight below 2000 g, neonatal low cord blood pH.