Table 2.
ROC-curve of mercury (μg/L), lead (μg/dl), GST (μmol/l) and vitamin E (nmol/L) levels in the autistic groups
| Parameters | Autistic patients |
CARS |
SRS |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild to moderate | Severe | Mild to moderate | Severe | |||
|
Mercury |
Area under the curve |
0.926 |
0.961 |
1.000 |
0.935 |
0.997 |
| |
Best cutoff value |
6.018 |
6.018 |
6.316 |
6.105 |
6.346 |
| |
Sensitivity % |
84.5% |
93.1% |
100.0% |
86.4% |
95.5% |
| |
Specificity % |
93.8% |
93.8% |
100.0% |
96.9% |
100.0% |
|
Lead |
Area under the curve |
0.953 |
0.917 |
0.980 |
0.923 |
0.980 |
| |
Best cutoff value |
5.586 |
5.590 |
6.132 |
6.132 |
6.321 |
| |
Sensitivity % |
89.7% |
79.3% |
89.3% |
72.7% |
86.4% |
| |
Specificity % |
87.5% |
87.5% |
96.9% |
96.9% |
100.0% |
|
GST |
Area under the curve |
0.980 |
0.974 |
1.000 |
0.983 |
1.000 |
| |
Best cutoff value |
0.443 |
0.443 |
0.320 |
0.443 |
0.320 |
| |
Sensitivity % |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
| |
Specificity % |
93.3% |
93.3% |
100.0% |
93.3% |
100.0% |
|
Vitamin E |
Area under the curve |
0.999 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| |
Best cutoff value |
19.254 |
18.718 |
18.089 |
18.718 |
17.953 |
| |
Sensitivity % |
96.4% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
| Specificity % | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |