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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Feb 23;27(3):254–261. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0671

Table 4.

ROC Analyses for the optimal urine NNAL cut point using different urine cotinine criteria for active smoking.

Positive Cotinine Cutoff AUC Cutpoint Noted For Sensitivity Specificity Youden
Volume Based - NNAL pg/ml
Cotinine > 10 ng/ml 0.917 6.2 Equality 0.872 0.873 0.743
6.6 Youden 0.872 0.886 0.758
Cotinine > 15 ng/ml 0.942 8.2 Equality 0.884 0.884 0.768
15.5 Youden 0.841 0.949 0.790
Cotinine > 20 ng/ml 0.955 13.9 Equality 0.931 0.931 0.862
15.5 Youden 0.931 0.941 0.872
Cotinine > 30 ng/ml 0.971 14.4 Equality, Youden 0.946 0.934 0.882
Creatinine Adjusted - NNAL (pg/mg creatinine)
Cotinine > 10 ng/ml 0.929 4.1 Equality 0.870 0.870 0.740
5.6 Youden 0.857 0.917 0.774
Cotinine > 15 ng/ml 0.960 5.7 Equality 0.912 0.911 0.822
6.6 Youden 0.912 0.924 0.836
Cotinine > 20 ng/ml 0.971 8.5 Equality 0.93 0.921 0.851
6.6 Youden 0.965 0.908 0.873
Cotinine > 30 ng/ml 0.972 10.2 Equality 0.926 0.927 0.853
6.6 Youden 0.981 0.904 0.885