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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Aug 7;14(3):469–475.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.07.049

Table 3.

Patient-level true positive rate (TPR) for hepatocellular carcinoma using a 6-month surveillance interval. PEB, parametric empirical Bayes; ST, single threshold.

Screening-level specificity Cirrhosis Advanced fibrosis
TPR (N=48) TPR (N=40)
PEB ST PEB ST
80% 83.3 70.8 95.0 77.5
85% 81.2 66.7 90.0 75.0
90% 68.8 56.2 85.0 70.0

P-values from Bootstrap distribution were 0.0085, 0.0125, and 0.0075

P-values from Bootstrap distribution were 0.0120, 0.0045, and <0.0005; for screening-level specificity of 80%, 85%, and 90%, respectively.