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. 2008 Jul 2;3(7):e2573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002573

Table 6. Comparison of Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristics Curves (AUROC) for survival endpoints, between FibroTest, ActiTest, ALT, viral load, Pugh score and APRI index. N = 978.

Biomarker Number of patients Survival without HBV complications f Survival without HBV death g Overall Survival h
978 AUROC 95% CI AUROC 95% CI AUROC 95% CI
FibroTest 978 0.89 0.83–0.93 0.95 0.91–0.97 0.94 0.89–0.96
Non-treated 388 0.98 0.83–0.99 0.99 0.92–0.99 0.98 0.83–0.99
Treated 590 0.82 0.74–0.87 0.90 0.84–0.94 0.89 0.83–0.93
ActiTest 978 0.77 0.69–0.84 0.87 0.79–0.93 0.81 0.72–0.88
Non-treated 388 0.84 0.51–0.95 0.89 0.45–0.98 0.84 0.51–0.95
Treated 590 0.71 0.62–0.79 0.83 0.74–0.89 0.77 0.67–0.85
ALT 978 0.54 0.46–0.62 0.56 0.44–0.66 0.56 0.46–0.65
Non-treated 388 0.62 0.43–0.75 0.67 0.43–0.82 0.62 0.43–0.75
Treated 590 0.52 0.44–0.59 0.54 0.42–0.65 0.54 0.44–0.63
Viral Load 978 0.66 0.57–0.74 0.68 0.55–0.78 0.64 0.53–0.73
Non-treated 388 0.59 0.29–0.78 0.65 0.26–0.86 0.59 0.29–0.78
Treated 590 0.64 0.54–0.72 0.65 0.51–0.76 0.63 0.50–0.73
Pugh classification 978 0.82 0.72–0.89 0.89 0.76–0.95 0.87 0.75–0.93
Non-treated 388 0.92 0.51–0.98 0.97 0.35–0.99 0.92 0.51–0.98
Treated 590 0.79 0.67–0.87 0.86 0.69–0.94 0.84 0.70–0.92
APRI Index 978 0.55 0.49–0.61 0.58 0.49–0.67 0.57 0.49–0.63
Non-treated 388 0.66 0.28–0.86 0.68 0.21–0.89 0.66 0.28–0.86
Treated 590 0.53 0.47–0.58 0.55 0.47–0.63 0.54 0.47–0.60
f

FibroTest AUROC greater than that with ActiTest (p = 0.001), ALT (p<0.001), Viral Load (p<0.001), Pugh classification (p = 0.0025), APRI Index (p<0.001).

g

FibroTest AUROC greater than that with ActiTest (p = 0.0016), ALT (p<0.001), Viral Load (p<0.001), Pugh classification (p = 0.005), APRI Index (p<0.001).

h

FibroTest AUROC greater than that with ActiTest (p<0.001), ALT (p<0.001), Viral Load (p<0.001), Pugh classification (p = 0.002), APRI Index (p<0.001).