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Performance of fibrosis-4-index for prediction of esophageal varices (n = 139; esophageal varices: n = 113)
| Cut-off | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | AUC (95%CI)1 | P value |
| 3.23 | 72% | 58% | 88% | 32% | 0.66 (0.54-0.78) | 0.011 |
AUC (area under the curve) obtained from the receiver operating characteristic. FIB-4: Fibrosis-4-index; NPV: Negative predictive value; PPV: Positive predictive value.
