Table 3.
Sensitivities of biomarkers at various specificity levels
70% Specificity | 80% Specificity | 90% Specificity | 95% Specificity | |||||
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Cutoff | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Cutoff | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Cutoff | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Cutoff | Sensitivity (95% CI) | |
All Subjects: | ||||||||
freePSA (ng/ml) | 0.49 | 0.72 (0.69, 0.78) | 0.67 | 0.46 (0.43, 0.53) | 0.90 | 0.31 (0.28, 0.38) | 1.31 | 0.14 (0.12, 0.2) |
[−2]proPSA (pg/ml) | 9.93 | 0.61 (0.58, 0.68) | 12.58 | 0.47 (0.44, 0.54) | 17.22 | 0.29 (0.26, 0.35) | 20.79 | 0.16 (0.14, 0.22) |
phi | 28.05 | 0.62 (0.59, 0.69) | 31.58 | 0.53 (0.5, 0.6) | 36.45 | 0.42 (0.39, 0.49) | 42.27 | 0.29 (0.26, 0.36) |
%freePSA* | 25.23 | 0.7 (0.67, 0.76) | 22.75 | 0.62 (0.59, 0.69) | 18.87 | 0.53 (0.5, 0.6) | 15.58 | 0.34 (0.31, 0.41) |
%[−2]proPSA* | 1.72 | 0.43 (0.4, 0.5) | 1.53 | 0.33 (0.3, 0.4) | 1.31 | 0.19 (0.17, 0.25) | 1.10 | 0.11 (0.09, 0.16) |
DKK1 (ng/ml)* | 0.84 | 0.31 (0.28, 0.38) | 0.68 | 0.21 (0.19, 0.27) | 0.53 | 0.14 (0.12, 0.2) | 0.40 | 0.05 (0.04, 0.09) |
NEM (ng/ml) | 0.28 | 0.37 (0.34, 0.44) | 0.64 | 0.25 (0.22, 0.31) | 1.93 | 0.07 (0.06, 0.12) | 4.36 | 0.04 (0.03, 0.08) |
PSA 2–10 ng/ml: | ||||||||
freePSA (ng/ml)* | 0.68 | 0.49 (0.42, 0.64) | 0.52 | 0.24 (0.19, 0.39) | 0.39 | 0.07 (0.04, 0.18) | 0.28 | 0.02 (0.01, 0.11) |
[−2]proPSA (pg/ml)* | 10.00 | 0.33 (0.27, 0.48) | 8.05 | 0.19 (0.14, 0.33) | 5.83 | 0.05 (0.03, 0.15) | 5.46 | 0.04 (0.02, 0.14) |
phi | 36.88 | 0.46 (0.39, 0.61) | 39.09 | 0.38 (0.32, 0.53) | 43.47 | 0.27 (0.22, 0.43) | 51.06 | 0.22 (0.16, 0.36) |
%freePSA* | 19.46 | 0.61 (0.54, 0.75) | 17.70 | 0.51 (0.44, 0.66) | 14.08 | 0.29 (0.23, 0.44) | 7.37 | 0.04 (0.02, 0.13) |
%[−2]proPSA | 1.85 | 0.44 (0.38, 0.6) | 2.12 | 0.3 (0.24, 0.46) | 2.45 | 0.19 (0.14, 0.33) | 2.59 | 0.15 (0.11, 0.29) |
Marker is under-expressed in cancer cases.