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

Table 8. Comparison of the diagnostic efficacy of MRI for HCC tumors of various liver parenchymal fibrosis stages (tumor size: >2cm).

Fibrosis 4 Fibrosis 0–3 P value
(cirrhosis) (non-cirrhosis)
Sensitivity 43/48 (89.6%) 34/43 (79.1%) 0.165
Specificity 2/2 (100%) 43/53 (81.1%) 1.000
PPV 43/43 (100%) 34/44 (77.3%) 0.001
NPV 2/7 (28.6%) 43/52 (82.7%) 0.006
Accuracy 45/50 (90%) 77/96 (80.2%) 0.130
Fibrosis 3–4 Fibrosis 0–2
Sensitivity 52/58 (89.7%) 23/30 (76.7%) 0.122
Specificity 1/2 (50%) 5/7 (71.4%) 1.000
PPV 52/53 (98.1%) 23/25 (92%) 0.239
NPV 1/7 (14.3%) 5/12 (41.7%) 0.333
Accuracy 53/60 (88.3%) 28/37 (75.7%) 0.103
Fibrosis 2–4 Fibrosis 0–1
Sensitivity 54/60 (90%) 21/28 (75%) 0.104
Specificity 1/2 (50%) 5/7 (71.4%) 1.000
PPV 54/55 (98.2%) 21/23 (91.3%) 0.206
NPV 1/7 (14.3%) 5/12 (41.7%) 0.333
Accuracy 55/62 (88.7%) 26/35 (74.3%) 0.066
Fibrosis 1–4 Fibrosis 0
Sensitivity 65/74 (87.8%) 10/14 (71.4%) 0.210
Specificity 2/4 (50%) 4/5 (80%) 0.524
PPV 65/67 (97%) 10/11 (90.9%) 0.370
NPV 2/11 (18.2%) 4/8 (50%) 0.319
Accuracy 67/78 (85.9%) 14/19 (73.7%) 0.298

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value