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. 2014 Oct 16;349:g5920. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5920

Table 3.

 Diagnostic performance of ADNEX model when using different thresholds for total probability of malignancy (sum of probabilities of four subtypes of ovarian malignancy)

Threshold for probability of malignancy* Development data (n=3506) Validation data (n=2403) After updating on pooled data (n=5909)
AUC Sensitivity Specificity Diagnostic odds ratio AUC Sensitivity Specificity Diagnostic odds ratio AUC Sensitivity Specificity Diagnostic odds ratio
 Not applicable 0.954 (0.947 to 0.961) 0.943 (0.934 to 0.952) 0.950 (0.944 to 0.955)
 3% 98.8 (97.9 to 99.4) 52.3 (50.4 to 54.3) 93.6 98.9 (98.0 to 99.4) 46.6 (44.0 to 49.2) 76.8 99.1 (98.6 to 99.5) 43.4 (41.8 to 45.0) 86.2
 5% 97.9 (96.8 to 98.7) 65.4 (63.6 to 67.3) 87.9 98.4 (97.4 to 99.1) 59.4 (56.8 to 62.0) 88.1 98.0 (97.3 to 98.6) 61.1 (59.5 to 62.6) 78.0
 10% 95.9 (94.4 to 97.1) 75.5 (73.8 to 77.2) 72.0 96.5 (95.2 to 97.6) 71.3 (68.9 to 73.7) 69.2 96.4 (95.4 to 97.2) 73.2 (71.8 to 74.6) 72.7
 15% 94.4 (92.8 to 95.8) 81.0 (79.4 to 82.5) 71.9 94.2 (92.5 to 95.6) 77.2 (74.9 to 79.3) 54.7 94.5 (93.4 to 95.5) 78.7 (77.4 to 79.9) 63.4

AUC=area under receiver operating characteristic curve.

Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals are reported in parentheses.

*Probability equal to or more than threshold indicates malignancy.