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. 2010 Nov 3;31(4):1027–1035. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.197

Table 2. Comparison among AUCs derived from the analysis using all ROIs across all seven patients (Cambridge data set).

Penumbra thresholda AUC
MTT threshold
Comparison Zb
  AUC CI OT 90%-T    
Classic
 MTT Abs 0.81 0.76–0.85 7.8 seconds 8.6 seconds Abs versus delay 0.56
 MTT delay 0.79 0.74–0.84 2.8 seconds 4.3 seconds Abs versus ratio 0.52
 MTT ratio 0.79 0.75–0.83 151% 214% Delay versus ratio 0.06
             
Normalized
 MTT delay 0.89 0.84–0.94 4.3 seconds 5.2 seconds    
 MTT ratio 0.89 0.85–0.94 186% 223% Delay versus ratio 0.15
             
Stringent
 MTT Abs 0.84 0.79–0.90 8.1 seconds 9.5 seconds Abs versus delay 0.68
 MTT delay 0.82 0.77–0.86 2.8 seconds 5.4 seconds Abs versus ratio 1.28
 MTT ratio 0.79 0.76–0.88 169% 232% Delay versus ratio 0.55

Abs, absolute; AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval; MTT Abs, absolute MTT value; OT, optimal threshold; 90%-T, 90% specificity threshold (see text); ROI, region of interest.

a

See the ‘Methods' section for details.

b

Z-scores <1.96 are not statistically significant.