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. 2012 Jul 19;5:139–150. doi: 10.2147/CEG.S31799

Table 3.

Overall accuracy and cutoff points of both urine-based permeability tests

Urinary collection Cutoff point (μmol) Sensitivity Specificity AUC (95% CI) P
PEG 400
0–1-h 2288 89% 67% 0.79 (0.57–1.01) <0.05
1–2-h 1507 100% 67% 0.85 (0.67–1.03) 0.01
0–2-h 5226 89% 78% 0.84 (0.65–1.03) <0.05
0–5-h 7251 89% 78% 0.83 (0.63–1.03) <0.05
PEG 1500
0–1-h 5.00 100% 56% 0.74 (0.49–0.99) 0.09
1–2-h 9.00 100% 67% 0.79 (0.56–1.01) <0.05
0–2-h 20.00 100% 56% 0.77 (0.53–1.01) 0.06
0–5-h 33.00 100% 67% 0.74 (0.48–1.00) 0.09
PEG 3350
0–1-h 0.05 78% 56% 0.64 (0.38–0.90) 0.31
1–2-h 0.15 78% 78% 0.77 (0.53–1.00) 0.06
0–2-h 0.15 89% 56% 0.74 (0.50–0.98) 0.09
0–5-h 0.75 89% 78% 0.78 (0.54–1.02) <0.05
PEG 3350/400
0–1-h 5e–005 67% 89% 0.77 (0.54–1.00) 0.05
1–2-h 5e–005 78% 89% 0.79 (0.55–1.03) <0.05
0–2-h 5e–005 78% 89% 0.80 (0.58–1.03) <0.05
0–5-h 5e–005 89% 89% 0.85 (0.66–1.06) 0.01
L/R ratio
0–1-h 0.17 75% 100% 0.85 (0.62–1.09) <0.05
1–2-h 0.105 78% 89% 0.86 (0.68–1.04) <0.05
0–2-h 0.13 78% 100% 0.87 (0.69–1.07) <0.05
0–5-h 0.18 78% 78% 0.77 (0.65–1.08) 0.08

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval; PEG, polyethylene glycol; h, hour.