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. 2015 Nov 7;21(41):11567–11583. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i41.11567

Table 2.

Diagnostic accuracy of selected experimental serum markers

Marker Prognosis Sensitivity Specificity AUROC
PIIINP Significant fibrosis 74 75 0.72
Cirrhosis 64 66 0.76
PINP Significant fibrosis 70 73 -
Cirrhosis 63 73 -
YKL-40 Significant fibrosis 78 81 0.81
Cirrhosis 80 71 0.80
TIMP Significant fibrosis 66 72 0.71
Cirrhosis 91 65 0.90
sH2a + ALT1 Significant fibrosis 65 85 0.79
Advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis - - 0.86
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Except for these values, which were taken from Ref. [87], all other values are medians from Ref. [11]. PIIINP: N-terminal pro-peptide of collagen type III; PINP: N-terminal propeptide of collagen type I; TIMP: Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase; sH2a: Soluble H2a; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.