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. 2019 Jul 15;9:10229. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46707-6

Table 4.

Performance measures for each model at the 10% or 20% threshold for BRCA1/2 mutation carrier probability.

Carrier number/rate Test parameters at set threshold
Entire cohort
10% threshold <10% ≥10% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BOADICEA 26/583 22/64 0.46 0.93 0.34 0.96
BRCAPRO 14/370 34/277 0.71 0.59 0.12 0.96
Myriad 25/526 23/121 0.48 0.84 0.19 0.95
Penn II 9/239 41/408 0.82 0.39 0.10 0.96
20% threshold <20% ≥20% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BOADICEA 32/612 16/35 0.33 0.97 0.46 0.95
BRCAPRO 19/474 29/173 0.60 0.76 0.17 0.96
Myriad 37/612 11/35 0.23 0.96 0.31 0.94
Penn II 36/584 12/63 0.25 0.91 0.19 0.94
BC/OC()FH(+) subgroup
10% threshold <10% ≥10% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Tyrer-Cuzick 2/134 4/10 0.67 0.96 0.40 0.99
BOADICEA 1/136 5/8 0.83 0.98 0.62 0.99
BRCAPRO 1/97 5/47 0.83 0.70 0.11 0.99
Myriad 6/144 0/0 0.00 1.00 NaN 0.96
Penn II 3/28 3/116 0.50 0.18 0.03 0.89
20% threshold <20% ≥20% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Tyrer-Cuzick 4/141 2/3 0.33 0.99 0.67 0.97
BOADICEA 4/141 2/3 0.33 0.99 0.67 0.97
BRCAPRO 1/112 5/32 0.83 0.80 0.16 0.99
Myriad 6/144 0/0 0.00 1.00 NaN 0.96
Penn II 6/142 0/2 0.00 0.99 0.00 0.96
BC/OC(+)FH(+) subgroup
10% threshold <10% ≥10% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BOADICEA 11/196 14/45 0.56 0.86 0.31 0.94
BRCAPRO 3/94 22/147 0.88 0.42 0.15 0.97
Myriad 7/145 18/96 0.72 0.64 0.19 0.95
Penn II 2/59 23/182 0.92 0.26 0.13 0.97
20% threshold <20% ≥20% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BOADICEA 13/212 12/29 0.48 0.92 0.41 0.94
BRCAPRO 4/134 21/107 0.84 0.60 0.20 0.97
Myriad 16/208 9/33 0.36 0.89 0.27 0.92
Penn II 16/202 9/39 0.36 0.86 0.23 0.92
BC/OC(+)FH() subgroup
10% threshold <10% ≥10% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BOADICEA 14/253 3/9 0.18 0.98 0.33 0.94
BRCAPRO 10/180 7/82 0.41 0.69 0.09 0.94
Myriad 12/237 5/25 0.29 0.92 0.20 0.95
Penn II 4/64 13/198 0.76 0.24 0.07 0.94
20% threshold <20% ≥20% Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BOADICEA 15/259 2/3 0.12 1.00 0.67 0.94
BRCAPRO 14/228 3/34 0.18 0.87 0.09 0.94
Myriad 15/260 2/2 0.12 1.00 1.00 0.94
Penn II 14/240 3/22 0.18 0.92 0.14 0.94

PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; NaN: not a number