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. 2017 Oct 19;6(4):349–359. doi: 10.1159/000481416

Table 3.

Patient-based diagnostic performance of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and dynamic MDCT for recurrence of hypervascular HCC in 97 patients

Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI
Dynamic MDCT
p value
patients, n 95% CI patients, n 95% CI
Observer 1
AUROC 0.95 0.91–0.99 0.76 0.67–0.84 <0.001a
Sensitivity 0.88 42/48 0.78–0.97 0.52 25/48 0.37–0.67 <0.001b
Specificity 0.94 46/49 0.87–1.01 0.92 45/49 0.84–1.00 1b
Accuracy 0.91 88/97 0.85–0.97 0.72 70/97 0.63–0.81 0.002b
PPV 0.93 42/45 0.86–1.01 0.86 25/29 0.73–1.00 0.27c
NPV 0.88 46/52 0.79–0.97 0.66 45/68 0.55–0.78 0.004c

Observer 2
AUROC 0.90 0.84–0.96 0.74 0.66–0.83 0.002a
Sensitivity 0.83 40/48 0.72–0.94 0.52 25/48 0.37–0.67 <0.001b
Specificity 0.94 46/49 0.87–1.01 0.92 45/49 0.84–1.00 1b
Accuracy 0.89 86/97 0.82–0.95 0.72 70/97 0.63–0.81 0.004b
PPV 0.93 40/43 0.85–1.01 0.86 25/29 0.73–1.00 0.29c
NPV 0.85 46/54 0.75–0.95 0.66 45/68 0.55–0.78 0.013c

AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

a

Univariate z score test.

b

McNemar test.

c

Fisher's exact probability test.