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. 2016 Nov 9;11(11):e0166157. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166157

Table 6. Comparison of the diagnostic efficacy of CT for HCC tumors of various liver parenchymal fibrosis stages (tumor size >2 cm).

Fibrosis 4 Fibrosis 0–3 P value
(cirrhosis) (non-cirrhosis)
Sensitivity 187/206 (90.8%) 239/274 (87.2%) 0.223
Specificity 5/10 (50%) 107/135 (79.3%) 0.048
PPV 187/192 (97.4%) 239/267 (89.5%) 0.001
NPV 5/24 (20.8%) 107/142 (75.4%) <0.001
Accuracy 192/216 (88.9%) 346/409 (84.6%) 0.140
Fibrosis 3–4 Fibrosis 0–2
Sensitivity 236/262 (90.1%) 166/192 (86.5%) 0.232
Specificity 7/13 (53.8%) 13/16 (81.3%) 0.226
PPV 236/242 (97.5%) 166/169 (98.2%) 0.742
NPV 7/33 (21.2%) 13/39 (33.3%) 0.253
Accuracy 243/275 (88.4%) 179/208 (86.1%) 0.450
Fibrosis 2–4 Fibrosis 0–1
Sensitivity 267/298 (89.6%) 135/156 (86.5%) 0.331
Specificity 7/13 (53.8%) 13/16 (81.3%) 0.226
PPV 267/273 (97.8%) 135/138 (97.8%) 1.000
NPV 7/38 (18.4%) 13/34 (38.2%) 0.061
Accuracy 274/311 (88.1%) 148/172 (86%) 0.515
Fibrosis 1–4 Fibrosis 0
Sensitivity 328/369 (88.9%) 74/85 (87.1%) 0.633
Specificity 10/18 (55.6%) 10/11 (90.9%) 0.096
PPV 328/336 (97.6%) 74/75 (98.7%) 1.000
NPV 10/51 (19.6%) 10/21 (47.6%) 0.016
Accuracy 338/387 (87.3%) 84/96 (87.5%) 0.966

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value