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. 2013 Feb 4;1:7. doi: 10.1186/2050-7771-1-7

Table 1.

Accuracy of diagnostic panels for NASH

Reference Biomarkers N AUROC Cutoff value Se (%) Sp (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Dixon [48]
HAIR score
105
0.90
score>2
80
89
n/a
n/a
 
(hypertension, ALT>40 U/L, IR index>5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palekar [49]
age≥50 years, female gender, AST≥45 U/L,
80
0.76
score≥3
73.7
65.7
68.2
71.4
 
BMI≥30 kg/m2, AAR ratio≥0.8, HA≥55 mcg/L
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poynard [50]
NashTest
257
0.78
n/a
33
94
66
81
 
(age, sex, height, weight, triglyceride, GGT,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cholesterol, alpha2macroglobulin, AST, ALT,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
apolipoprotein A1, haptoglobin, total bilirubin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gholam [51]
AST, presence of diabetes
97
0.82
8.22
76
66
n/a
n/a
Campos [52]
NASH Clinical Scoring System for Morbid
186
0.80
0-2
 
 
7
93
 
obesity (hypertension, type 2 diabetes,
 
 
3-4
 
 
27
73
 
AST≥27 U/L, ALT ≥27 U/L, sleep apnea,
 
 
5
 
 
59
41
 
non-black race)
 
 
6-7
 
 
93
7
Ulitsky [53]
diabetes, ALT >40 U/L, triglyceride >150
253
0.76
0-1
 
 
10.6
89.4
 
mg/dL, sleep apnea
 
 
2-3
 
 
24.7
75.3
 
 
 
 
4
 
 
60
40
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
75
25
Shimada [54]
adiponectin≤4 mcg/mL, HOMA-IR≥3,
85
n/a
all 3 +ive
94
74
94
74
 
type IV collagen 7S≥5 ng/mL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tarek [56]
CK18 fragments, sFas
95
0.93
−0.5509
88
89
n/a
n/a
Younossi [57]
NASH Diagnostics
101
0.908
0.2772
94.5
70.2
60
97.1
 
(cleaved and intact CK18 levels,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
serum adiponectin and resistin levels)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sookoain [58]
BMI, waist circumference, ALT, AST, AP,
101
0.795
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
GGT, HOMA, CRP, sICAM-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sumida [59]
NAFIC score
177
0.851
1
94
48
31
86
 
[serum ferritin (≥200 ng/mL for female,
 
 
2
66
91
90
67
 
≥300 ng/mL for male), fasting insulin ≥10
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0.782¥
1
88
43
66
75
 
μU/mL, type IV collagen ≥5 ng/mL]
 
 
2
60
87
85
64
Younossi [60]
NAFLD Diagnostic Panel
79
0.81
0.221
91.2
47.4
60.8
85.7
 
(diabetes, gender, BMI, triglycerides,
 
 
0.3641
79.4
73.7
73
80
  apoptotic and necrotic CK18 fragments)     0.6183 44.1 92.1 83.3 64.8

AUROC, area under receiver operator characteristic curve; Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; IR, insulin resistance; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; AAR, AST/ALT ratio; HA, hyaluronic acid; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; AP, alkaline phosphatase; CRP, C-reactive protein; n/a, not available.

Estimation group; ¥Validation group.