Table 6.

Likelihood ratios at various cutoffs of MCALD score to identify cirrhosis in alcoholics

MCALD score	No of patients	Patients with cirrhosis	Sensitivity	Specificity	Positive LR (95 %CI)	P value	Negative LR (95 % CI)	P value
>5	133	107	0.83	0.81	4.5 (3.1, 6.5)	<0.01	0.21(0.14, 0.31)	<0.01
>6	97	85	0.67	0.91	7.9 (4.6, 14)	<0.01	0.36(0.28, 0.46)	<0.01
>7	70	65	0.50	0.97	14.4 (6, 34)	<0.01	0.51(0.43, 0.61)	<0.01

*MCALD score = 5.3*INR – 0.01*platelet count, LR likelihood ratio