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. 2019 May 22;19:25. doi: 10.1186/s40644-019-0214-8

Table 5.

Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of chest computed tomography (CT), textural features, 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT (FDG PET/CT) and sonographic findings

Variable AUC SE (AUC) 95% CI Se (%) Sp (%)
Short-axis diameter, ≥ 10 mm 0.659 0.038 0.585–0.732 93 58.7
Compactness on CTTA 0.666 0.051 0.566–0.766 10.6 100
Normalized SD on CTTA 0.742 0.046 0.652–0.833 8.2 100
FDG PET/CT
 SUVmax ≥ 2.5 0.639 0.042 0.556–0.721 94.4 55.8
 SUVmax ≥ 5 0.739 0.042 0.657–0.821 74.7 94.3
 SUVPeak ≥ 4 0.739 0.041 0.658–0.820 73 95.6
 SUVmax ≥ 2.5 and HU < 70 0.738 0.044 0.652–0.823 87.5 82.5
Size on EBUS, ≥10 mm 0.654 0.036 0.583–0.724 95.3 54.6
Round shape 0.598 0.043 0.513–0.682 71.4 72
Heterogeneous echogenicity 0.632 0.037 0.561–0.704 51 95
Coagulation necrosis sign 0.542 0.021 0.502–0.582 20.2 100

AUC, Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CI, Confidence interval; EBUS, Endobronchial ultrasound; SD, Standard deviation; Se, Sensitivity; Sp, Specificity; SUVmax, Standard maximal uptake value

Analyses was performed using 1 = benign and 0 = malignant