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

Table 5c.

Cut off values, area under curve of ROC, and Youden index of CTX, OC, and ON in discriminating healthy from smoker periodontitis based on BL (33%) and PPD (6 mm).

Cut-off (ng/mL) Se (%) Sp (%) AUC 95% CI P YI
BL (33.33%) CTX 15.88 80.0 36.78 0.534 0.399–0.665 0.729 0.167
17.37 70.0 40.82
20.19 50.0 53.06
OC 11.41 100 46.94 0.809 0.686–0.900 <0.001 0.534
19.24 80.0 73.47
25.99 60.0 87.76
ON 55.6 80.0 40.82 0.611 0.475–0.735 0.298 0.238
58.11 70.0 53.06
108.36 30.0 93.88
Cut-off (ng/mL) Se (%) Sp (%) AUC 95% CI P YI
PPD (6 mm) CTX 17.37 92.31 47.31 0.632 0.497–0.754 0.0732 0.401
20.19 76.92 60.87
71.56 100 0
OC 16.45 92.31 65.22 0.811 0.688–0.901 <0.001 0.575
18.23 84.62 67.39
29.21 38.46 95.65
ON 57.65 84.62 54.35 0.701 0.567–0.813 0.009 0.433
58.11 84.62 58.70
92.14 53.85 80.43

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.