Table 3.
Statistical analysis of various scoring methods for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NAFLD fibrosis score | Fibrotest | FIB-4 | ELF | BARD | NICE | NASH test | |
AUROC | 0.84 | 0.75-0.86 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.79 |
Sens (%) | 82 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 84 | 33 | |
Spec (%) | 98 | 98 | 65 | 96 | 86 | 94 | |
PPV (%) | 90 | 90 | 36 | 80 | 43 | 44 | 66 |
NPV (%) | 93 | 73 | 95 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 81 |
NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; AUROC: Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; ELF: European Liver Fibrosis Test; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value; Sens: Sensitivity; Spec: Specificity; NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.