Table 5. Receiver operating characteristic curves: Areas under the curve, sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive values.
AUC | Se | Sp | PPV | NPV | |
LVLW EAT thickness | 0.5820 | 0.4610 | 0.6653 | 0.8081 | 0.2875 |
Calcium scoring | 0.7633 | 0.6261 | 0.8514 | 0.8903 | 0.5418 |
Conventional CV risk factors | 0.6611 | 0.7699 | 0.4635 | 0.8154 | 0.3956 |
Conventional CV risk factors + LVLW EAT thickness | 0.6751 | 0.8061 | 0.4506 | 0.8187 | 0.4303 |
Conventional CV risk factors + calcium scoring | 0.7573 | 0.6535 | 0.7352 | 0.8269 | 0.5230 |
Conventional CV risk factors + LVLW EAT thickness + calcium scoring | 0.7586 | 0.7356 | 0.6706 | 0.8121 | 0.5672 |
AUC = area under the curve; Se = sensibility; Sp = specificity; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; CV = cardiovascular; other abbreviations as in Table 1.