Table 1. Sensitivity and specificity of immunohistochemistry with CI; sensitivity is defined as the proportion of follicular carcinoma patients who expressed the marker in tumor, and specificity as the proportion of patients with follicular adenoma, who did not express the marker31.
Sensitivity | 95% CI | Specificity | 95% CI | |
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(a) In-house cases | ||||
DDIT3 | 1.00 | — | 0 | — |
STT3Ap | 1.00 | — | 0 | — |
STT3Am | 1.00 | — | 0 | — |
ARG2 | 0.40 | 0.29–0.64 | 0.80 | 0.55–0.93 |
FAM129Ap | 0.87 | 0.62–0.96 | 0.40 | 0.20–0.64 |
FAM129Am | 0.33 | 0.15–0.58 | 0.87 | 0.62–0.96 |
(b) Tissue microarray cases | ||||
DDIT3 | 1.00 | — | 0.24 | 0.11–0.45 |
STT3Ap | 1.00 | — | 0.14 | 0.05–0.35 |
STT3Am | 1.00 | — | 0.19 | 0.08–0.40 |
ARG2 | 0.12 | 0.02–0.47 | 0.90 | 0.71–0.97 |
FAM129Ap | 1.00 | — | 0.19 | 0.08–0.40 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence intervals.