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

Table 2.

Accuracy of diagnostic panels for advanced liver fibrosis

Reference Biomarkers N AUROC Cutoff value Se (%) Sp (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Angulo [61]
age≥45 years, obesity (BMI>31.1 for male,
144
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
>32.3 for female), diabetes, AAR>1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratziu [62]
BAAT score
93
0.84
0
100
11
33
100
 
(BMI≥28 kg/m2, age≥50 years, ALT≥2xULN,
 
 
1
100
47
45
100
 
triglycerides≥1.7 mmol/L)
 
 
2
71
80
61
86
 
 
 
 
3
14
100
100
73
 
 
 
 
4
0
100
0
70
Rosenberg
Original European Liver Fibrosis panel
61
0.87
0.375
89
96
80
98
[63]
(age, HA, TIMP1, PIIINP)
 
 
0.462
78
98
87
96
Guha [64]
Enhanced Liver Fibrosis panel
192
0.90
0.3576
80
90
71
94
 
(HA, TIMP1, PIIINP)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gholam [51]
ALT, HbA1C
97
0.90
6.6
83
82
n/a
n/a
Ratziu [65]
FibroTest
267
0.81
0.3
77
77
54
90
 
(α2 macroglobulin, haptoglobin, GGT,
 
 
0.7
15
98
73
76
 
Total bilirubin, apolipoprotein A1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Angulo [66]
NAFLD Fibrosis Score
733
0.84
<−1.455
82
77
56
93
 
(age, hyperglycemia, BMI, platelet count,
 
 
>0.676
51
98
90
85
 
albumin, AAR)
 
 
<−1.455¥
77
71
52
88
 
 
 
 
>0.676¥
43
96
82
80
Harrison [67]
BARD score
827
0.81
2-4
 
 
43
96
 
(BMI≥28 kg/m2, AAR≥0.8, diabetes)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cales [68]
Fibrometer NAFLD
235
0.943
 
78.5
95.9
87.9
92.1
 
(glucose, AST, ferritin, ALT, body weight,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
age)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shah [69]
FIB4 index
541
0.802
<1.30
74
71
43
90
 
(age, ALT, AST, platelet count)
 
 
>2.67
33
98
80
83
Sumida [59]
NAFIC score
619
0.834
0
95
33
32
96
 
[serum ferritin (≥200 ng/mL for female,
 
 
2-4
84
74
52
93
 
≥300 ng/mL for male), fasting insulin≥10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
μU/mL, type IV collagen 7S≥5 ng/mL]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Younossi [60]
NAFLD Diagnostic Panel
79
0.80
0.2188
90.91
43.59
57.7
85
 
(diabetes, gender, BMI, triglycerides,
 
 
0.4242
60.61
71.79
64.5
68.3
  apoptotic and necrotic CK18 fragments)     0.5689 51.52 89.74 81 68.6

AUROC, area under receiver operator characteristic curve; Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; AAR, AST/ALT ratio; HA, hyaluronic acid; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; TIMP1, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1; PIIINP, amino-terminal propeptide of type III collagen; ULN, upper limit of normal; n/a, not available.

Estimation group; ¥Validation group.