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. 2019 Sep 7;34(11):1055–1074. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00555-w

Table 6.

Outcomes of the five-category-model for inferring smoking habits and smoking history from blood based on 13 CpGs

Never versus former > 10 years cessation time versus former ≤ 10 years cessation time versus < 15 pack-years versus ≥ 15 pack-years
 Model building data set (N = 2939) Never (N = 1243) F > 10 year (N = 1021) F ≤ 10 year (N = 311) < 15PY (N = 154) ≥ 15PY (N = 210)
Specificity 0.712 0.777 0.979 0.987 0.967
Sensitivity 0.817 0.554 0.206 0.299 0.724
AUC 0.835 0.739 0.793 0.869 0.949
Fivefold cross-validation
Specificity 0.711 ± 0.022 0.775 ± 0.036 0.977 ± 0.009 0.984 ± 0.009 0.963 ± 0.014
Sensitivity 0.809 ± 0.047 0.545 ± 0.040 0.199 ± 0.042 0.274 ± 0.128 0.695 ± 0.064
AUC 0.832 ± 0.014 0.731 ± 0.026 0.779 ± 0.018 0.855 ± 0.046 0.947 ± 0.016
 External replication in KORA (N = 1551) Never (N = 675) F > 10 year (N = 488) F ≤ 10 year (N = 164) < 15 PY (N = 55) ≥ 15PY (N = 169)
Specificity 0.534 0.830 0.994 0.994 0.979
Sensitivity 0.927 0.299 0.122 0.018 0.728
AUC 0.788 0.650 0.791 0.710 0.955
Never versus former > 10 years cessation versus former ≤ 10 years cessation versus < 10 pack-years versus ≥ 10 pack-years
 Model building data set (N = 2939) Never (N = 1243) F > 10 year (N = 1021) F ≤ 10 year (N = 311) < 10 PY (N = 118) ≥ 10PY (N = 246)
Specificity 0.714 0.776 0.981 0.994 0.963
Sensitivity 0.817 0.554 0.193 0.220 0.772
AUC 0.835 0.739 0.794 0.863 0.948
Fivefold cross-validation
Specificity 0.709 ± 0.023 0.774 ± 0.034 0.980 ± 0.006 0.992 ± 0.003 0.960 ± 0.008
Sensitivity 0.808 ± 0.045 0.542 ± 0.042 0.194 ± 0.043 0.206 ± 0.066 0.758 ± 0.067
AUC 0.831 ± 0.014 0.730 ± 0.027 0.780 ± 0.018 0.847 ± 0.047 0.946 ± 0.023
 External replication in KORA (N = 1551) Never (N = 675) F > 10 year (N = 488) F ≤ 10 year (N = 164) < 10 PY (N = 35) ≥ 10PY (N = 189)
Specificity 0.535 0.827 0.994 0.998 0.977
Sensitivity 0.926 0.299 0.110 0.000 0.683
AUC 0.788 0.651 0.791 0.694 0.943

Cross-validation analysis results are presented as mean ± standard deviation

AUC area under the curve, F former smokers in years cessation time, PY pack-years