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. 2020 Mar 1;10(3):380. doi: 10.3390/biom10030380

Table 4a.

Cut off values, area under curve of ROC, and Youden Index of CTX, OC, and ON in discriminating healthy from total periodontitis based on BL, BOP, and PPD.

Cut-off (ng/mL) Se (%) Sp (%) AUC 95% CI P YI
Healthy vs. Total Periodontitis
(BOP: 10% BL: 15%; PPD: 4 mm)
CTX 18.3 91.67 70.00 0.873 0.787–0.934 0.001 0.783
20.19 91.67 86.67
22.14 88.33 86.67
OC 9.21 100 56.67 0.871 0.783–0.932 0.001 0.667
15.25 90.00 76.67
25.99 41.67 100.0
ON 55.0 93.33 53.33 0.833 0.739–0.903 0.001 0.667
68.2 80.00 86.67
98.2 45.0 90.0

Se: sensitivity; Sp: specificity; ROC: receiver operator characteristic; AUC: area under curve; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval (CI); YI: Youden Index = Se + Sp − 1; PPD: probing pocket depth; BOP: bleeding on probing; BL: bone loss; CTX: deoxypyridinoline-containing degradation fragment of the C-terminal telopeptide region of type I collagen; OC: osteocalcin; ON: osteonectin.