Table 3.
Diagnostic ability for studied miRNA to categorize hepatocellular carcinoma among hepatitis C virus-infected fibrotic patients and controls
| Serum miRNA | AUC value | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | Accuracy |
| miR-214-5P | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.721 | 61.0% | 89.0% | 81.0% | 75.0% | 77.0% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.842 | 92.9% | 75.5% | 51.0% | 97.5% | 80.0% |
| miR-494 | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.813 | 77.0% | 76% | 69.0% | 82.0% | 76.0% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.631 | 77.0% | 56% | 32.0% | 90.0% | 60.0% |
| miR-138p | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.842 | 96.4% | 78.4% | 77.1% | 96.0% | 86.0% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.642 | 68.2% | 58.2% | 34.0% | 90.0% | 62.0% |
| miR-125b | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.702 | 66.7% | 75.7% | 66.7% | 75.7% | 72.0% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.769 | 92.6% | 55.4% | 35.7% | 96.6% | 63.3% |
| miR-1269 | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.862 | 96.4% | 78.4% | 77.1% | 96.7% | 86.2% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.691 | 78.6% | 59.8% | 34.9% | 91.0% | 63.8% |
| miR-145 | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.892 | 100.0% | 89.2% | 87.1% | 100.0% | 93.8% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.624 | 81.5% | 51.5% | 30.6% | 91.4% | 57.7% |
| miR-375 | ||||||
| HCC against ctrl | 0.741 | 96.4% | 59.5% | 63.4% | 95.7% | 75.4% |
| HCC against HCV | 0.811 | 96.4% | 69.3% | 46.6% | 98.6% | 75.2% |
AUC: Area under curve, PPV: Positive predictive value, NPV: Negative predictive value.