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. 2014 Jul 30;2(3):133–139. doi: 10.12954/PI.14054

Table 2.

Diagnostic values of each PSA cutoff for tumor diagnosis

PSA (ng/mL) cutoff point Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV LHR+ LHR− AuROC
4 98.0 (97.2–98.8) 9.3 (7.6–11.0) 37.2 (34.3–40.0) 89.3 (87.5–91.1) 1.08 (1.05–1.11) 0.22 (0.10–0.45) 0.536 (0.524–0.549)
10 81.5 (79.2–83.8) 55.5 (52.6–58.4) 50.1 (47.1–53.1) 84.6 (82.4–86.7) 1.83 (1.67–2.01) 0.33 (0.26–0.41) 0.685 (0.658–0.711)
20 65.8 (63.0–68.6) 87.5 (85.6–89.5) 74.3 (71.7–76.8) 82.4 (80.1–84.6) 5.27 (4.29–6.48) 0.39 (0.34–0.45) 0.767 (0.740–0.793)
50 47.8 (44.9–50.8) 98.2 (97.4–99.0) 93.6 (92.1–95.0) 77.5 (75.0–79.9) 26.54 (15.3–45.9) 0.53 (0.48–0.58) 0.730 (0.705–0.755)
100 34.4 (31.6–37.2) 99.7 (99.4–100.0) 98.6 (97.8–99.2) 73.5 (70.9–76.1) 124.12 (30.89–498.66) 0.66 (0.61–0.71) 0.671 (0.647–0.694)

95% Confidence interval in parentheses.

PSA, prostate-specific antigen; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LHR+, positive likelihood ratio; LHR−, negative likelihood ratio; AuROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.