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. 2012 May 14;12:349. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-349

Table 3.

Interpretation of ROC curves

  VPG (Ref.) vs CBG HbA1c (Ref.) vs. CBG HbA1c (Ref.) vs. VPG
Positive state for ROC curve
7.0 mmol/L
7%
7%
No. positive
4
7
7
No. negative
665
634
634
Area under curve
0.898
0.754
0.733
Std.Err.
0.036
0.068
0.104
Asympt. Sig.
0.006
0.021
0.033
95% CI
 Lower bound
 Upper bound
0.827
0.970
0.620
0.888
0.529
0.938
Optimal test result for
5.6
5.03
4.6
Sensitivity
75.0%
85.7%
85.7%
Specificity 100 – 21.2% 100 – 50.0% 100 – 73.8%