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. 2011 Dec 1;12(11):997–1004. doi: 10.4161/cbt.12.11.18366

Table 5. Comparisons of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value based on the combination of the risk alleles from the three SNP model among white subjects only.

Predictor variable
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity (%)
Positive predictive value (%)
Negative predictive value (%)
  Any cancer GS 7 GS 8–10 Any cancer GS 7 GS 8–10 Any cancer GS 7
(26.5%)
GS 8–10
(5.6%)
Any cancer GS 7
(73.5%)
GS 8–10
(94.4%)
1 Variant allele cut-off
94.4
94.5
95.6
7.9
7.2
6.9
49.8
26.9
5.8
59.5
78.4
96.3
2 Variant alleles cut-off
62.0
62.0
70.4
46.6
43.9
43.1
52.9
28.5
6.9
55.9
76.2
96.1
3 Variant alleles cut-off 29.5 30.7 37.1 78.2 76.3 75.1 56.8 31.9 8.2 53.4 75.3 95.2