Table 5.

Summary of the areas under the ROC curves (AUC) for AFP and APRI

		Inflammation	Fibrosis
		AUC (95% CI)	AUC (95% CI)
Judging stage ≥ 2	AFP	0.685 (0.647 - 0.722)	0.691 (0.653 to 0.727)
	APRI	0.741 (0.704 - 0.775)	0.687 (0.649 - 0.723)
	P-value	0.074	0.897
Judging stage ≥ 3	AFP	0.727 (0.690 - 0.762)	0.717 (0.680 to 0.752)
	APRI	0.746 (0.709 - 0.779)	0.649 (0.610 - 0.687)
	P-value	0.430	0.007*
Judging stage = 4	AFP	0.755 (0.719 - 0.789)	0.718 (0.681 to 0.753)
	APRI	0.714 (0.677 - 0.750)	0.618 (0.578 - 0.656)
	P-value	0.221	<0.001*

*P < 0.05 indicate a significant difference between AUCs of AFP and APRI.

ROC, receiver operating characteristic; AUC, area under the curve.