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. 2018 Jun 28;13(6):e0199760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199760

Table 2. Diagnostic accuracies of APRI and FIB-4 for predicting liver fibrosis (all patients, N = 1716).

Index AUROCcutoff cutoff sensitivitycutoff specificitycutoff PPVcutoff NPVcutoff Sensitivity + Specificity-1
To predict fibrosis ≥2
 APRI 0.68 (0.66–0.70) 1.4 72.4% 63.2% 68.9% 67.1% 35.6%
 FIB-4 0.70 (0.68–0.72) 2.9 62.7% 78.0% 76.2% 65.0% 40.6%
To predict fibrosis ≥3
 APRI 0.68 (0.66–0.70) 1.6 67.1% 68.8% 62.3% 62.3% 36.6%
 FIB-4 0.73 (0.71–0.75) 2.9 69.1% 76.1% 68.9% 76.3% 45.2%
To predict fibrosis = 4
 APRI 0.70 (0.68–0.73) 2.2 64.9% 75.4% 47.3% 86.3% 40.3%
 FIB-4 0.73 (0.70–0.75) 3.1 72.0% 73.4% 47.9% 88.5% 46.6%

APRI, aspartate aminotransferase (AST)- to-platelet ratio index; FIB-4, fibrosis index based on the four factors; AUROC, area under receiver operating characteristic