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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Nov;199(5):551.e1–551.16. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.006

Table 1.

Diagnostic accuracies of urine analytes and proteomic scores for predicting need for delivery in the cross-sectional challenge phase.

Analytes ROC area
[95%CI]
P
value
Cut-off* Sens.
[95%CI]
Spec.
[95%CI]
+LR −LR Accuracy
Protein-to-creatinine ratio (mg/mgc) 0.51
[0.43–0.58]
0.901 > 8.4 52
[41–63]
59
[49–68]
1.3 0.8 55.9
sFlt-1-to-creatinine ratio (pg/mgc) 0.71
[0.64–0.78]
<0.001 >28.0 63
[52–73]
72
[62–80]
2.2 0.5 67.7
PlGF-to-creatinine ratio (pg/mgc) 0.77
[0.71–0.83]
<0.001 < 57.6 85
[75–92]
67
[57–76]
2.6 0.2 74.5
sFlt-1-to-PlGF ratio 0.82
[0.75–0.87]
<0.001 > 1.3 88
[79–94]
69
[59–77]
2.8 0.2 77.1
UPSb 0.92
[0.87–0.95]
<0.001 5 85
[76–92]
86
[79–92]
6.2 0.2 85.7
UPSr 0.92
[0.87–0.96]
<0.001 7 84
[74–91]
89
[82–94]
7.7 0.2 86.7
Non-reassuring urine profile: UPSb ≥5 and UPSr ≥7 85
[77–93]
87
[81–96]
6.7 0.2 86.2
*

represents the cut-off with highest accuracy.

Abbreviations: Sens: sensitivity; Spec: specificity; +LR: positive likelihood ratio; −LR: negative likelihood ratio; mgc: milligrams creatinine; sFlt-1: soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1; PlGF: placental growth factor