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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2016 Nov 8;181:80–85.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.019

Table 5.

Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROCs) for AC-NEC modela.

2005-2008 Model Development 2009 Validation

AUC 95% CI AUC 95% CI

All 0.8983 0.8895 – 0.9072 0.9078 0.8903 – 0.9253
Weeks Gestation
< 32 0.7406 0.7248 – 0.7564 0.7410 0.7021 – 0.7798
32 – 36 0.8600 0.8380 – 0.8819 0.9030 0.8725 – 0.9334
Hours/ Days at Testing
12 hours – 2 days 0.9339 0.9238 – 0.9440 0.9518 0.9380 – 0.9655
3 – 4 days 0.8573 0.8361 – 0.8785 0.8898 0.8558 – 0.9239
5 – 6 days 0.7421 0.7057 – 0.7789 0.7329 0.6613 – 0.8045
7 – 8 days 0.7821 0.6928 – 0.8676 0.7512 0.5111 – 0.9913

Abbreviations: AC-NEC model, acylcarnitine necrotizing enterocolitis model; AUC, Area under the curve.

a

log C:5, log C5:1, log C:8:1, log C12, log C14:1, log FC/(C16+C18:1), Gestational age by birth weight grouping, TPN.