Table 3.
Age-defined population-specific thresholds for HE4, CA125, and the ROMA Predictive Index yielding 90%, 95%, 98% and 99% specificity. For CA 125 the reference range is applicable to all women in the age-range indicated. Thresholds for HE4 for a woman whose age is not presented in the table can be calculated by linear interpolation between the ln(threshold) values.
| Marker | Age | Mean | 90% Specificity |
95% Specificity |
98% Specificity |
99% Specificity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA125 (U/ml) |
age < 45 | 13.428 | 26.306 | 31.830 | 39.447 | 45.513 |
| 45 ≤ age < 55 | 12.023 | 23.553 | 28.500 | 35.320 | 40.751 | |
| age ≥ 55 | 9.370 | 18.356 | 22.211 | 27.526 | 31.759 | |
| HE4 (pmol/L) |
30 | 25.522 | 37.216 | 41.417 | 46.714 | 50.617 |
| 40 | 27.703 | 40.398 | 44.957 | 50.707 | 54.944 | |
| 50 | 29.312 | 42.744 | 47.568 | 53.652 | 58.135 | |
| 60 | 31.306 | 45.651 | 50.804 | 57.302 | 62.089 | |
| 70 | 39.796 | 58.033 | 64.583 | 72.843 | 78.929 | |
| 80 | 50.590 | 73.772 | 82.098 | 92.599 | 100.335 | |
| ROMA Predictive Index |
30 | 0.016 | 0.035 | 0.044 | 0.056 | 0.067 |
| 40 | 0.020 | 0.043 | 0.054 | 0.069 | 0.081 | |
| 50 | 0.037 | 0.081 | 0.101 | 0.130 | 0.154 | |
| 60 | 0.056 | 0.123 | 0.154 | 0.197 | 0.233 | |
| 70 | 0.074 | 0.162 | 0.202 | 0.259 | 0.306 | |
| 80 | 0.097 | 0.212 | 0.265 | 0.340 | 0.402 |