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. 2020 Jan 31;2020:3964615. doi: 10.1155/2020/3964615

Table 3.

Performance of PCA3 and LBXexo in predicting biopsy outcomes.

Any-grade cancer Biopsy positive Biopsy negative Total Performance
PCA3
 ≥Cutoff point 10 28 38 PPV % 26.32
 <Cutoff point 4 15 19 NPV % 78.95
 Total 14 43 57
LBXexo score
 ≥Cutoff point 12 17 29 PPV % 41.38
 <Cutoff point 2 26 28 NPV % 92.86
 Total 14 43 57
Sensitivity % Specificity % % of predicted negative
PCA3 71.4 34.9 33.33
LBXexo 85.7 60.5 50.88

High-grade cancer (GS ≥ 7) Biopsy positive Biopsy negative + low-grade cancer Total Performance

PCA3
 ≥Cutoff point 7 31 38 PPV % 18.42
 <Cutoff point 1 18 19 NPV % 94.74
 Total 8 49 57
LBXexo score
 ≥Cutoff point 8 21 29 PPV % 27.59
 <Cutoff point 0 28 28 NPV % 100
 Total 8 49 57
Sensitivity % Specificity % % of predicted negative
PCA3 87.5 36.7 33.33
LBXexo 100 57.1 49.12

Abbreviations: PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.