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. 2005 Dec 23;4:10. doi: 10.1186/1476-5926-4-10

Table 3.

Values {Area under the ROC curves (AUROCs)} of SteatoTest, GGT and ALT for the diagnosis of steatosis greater than 5%, in both training and validation groups.

Diagnostic panel Training Group AUROC (se) Validation Group 1 – HCV before treatment Validation Group 2 – HCV sustained responders Validation Group 3 – Alcoholic liver disease All groups
N = 310 N = 171 N = 201 N = 62 N = 884
SteatoTest 0.79 (0.03)* 0.80 (0.04)£ 0.86 (0.03) $ 0.72 (0.05)** 0.80 (0.02) ££
GGT 0.66 (0.03) 0.67 (0.05) 0.74 (0.05) 0.50 (0.09) 0.66 (0.02)
ALT 0.58 (0.03) 0.62 (0.05) 0.79 (0.04) 0.66 (0.07) 0.61 (0.02)

* – Higher than GGT (P < 0.0001) and ALT (P < 0.0001); £ – Higher than GGT (P = 0.007) and ALT (P < 0.0001); $ – Higher than GGT (P = 0.02); ** – Higher than GGT (P = 0.002); ££ Higher than GGT (P < 0.0001) and ALT (P < 0.0001).