Table 5.
Comparison of the diagnostic power of the measurement methods
| Diagnostic power comparison | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Variable | AUC [95% IC] | Threshold | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) |
| D2 | BIS R0 | 0.99* [0.98 - 1.00] | 13.4 | 0.96 | 0.96 |
| Volume | 0.84* [0.72 - 0.96] | 6.1 | 0.83 | 0.79 | |
| Circumference | 0.91* [0.81 - 1.00] | 5.6 | 0.92 | 0.83 | |
| D8 | BIS R0 | 1.00* [0.99 - 1.00] | 13.8 | 1 | 0.96 |
| Volume | 0.92* [0.84 - 1.00] | 7.7 | 0.92 | 0.92 | |
| Circumference | 0.95* [0.90 - 1.00] | 5.8 | 0.96 | 0.88 | |
Legends = AUC: area under the curve; [95% IC]: 95% confidence interval; *: P < 0.01; BIS R0: Bioimpedance spectroscopy.