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. 2018 Aug 18;111(4):372–379. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy126

Table 1.

Performance of individual metabolite markers and metabolite panel in the validation cohort (Test Set)

Metabolite AUC (95% CI) P* Specificity†, % Sensitivity‡, %
Indole-derivative§ 0.726 (0.631 to 0.822) <.001 11.3 23.1
LPC(18:0)§ 0.842 (0.764 to 0.920) <.001 26.3 51.3
LPC(20:3)§ 0.841 (0.757 to 0.925) <.001 11.3 48.7
Acetylspermidine 0.755 (0.659 to 0.852) <.001 27.5 33.3
Diacetylspermine 0.801 (0.712 to 0.890) <.001 27.5 51.3
5-marker metabolite panel 0.892 (0.828 to 0.996) <.001 43.3 66.7
*

P values for corresponding area under the curve results, Wilcoxon rank-sum test one-sided. AUC = area under the curve; CI = confidence interval; LPC = lysophosphatidylcholine.

% specificity at 95% sensitivity.

% sensitivity at 95% specificity.

§

AUCs <0.5 are flipped (ie, equivalent to 1-AUC due to reverse ordering).