Table 3.

The AUC, specificity, and sensitivity of the diagnostic efficacy of potential lung cancer biomarkers in a comparison of the cancer and control groups (AUC > 0.850).

Potential biomarkers	p value	AUC ± Sem	Sensitivity	Specificity
Adenosine 3'-monophosphate	0.000924	0.860 ± 0.083	0.800	0.800
Creatine	0.00061	0.930 ± 0.069	1.000	0.900
Glycerol	0.000229	0.960 ± 0.044	1.000	0.900
Guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP)	0.001083	0.930 ± 0.056	1.000	0.800
Indole	0.00019	0.980 ± 0.026	0.900	1.000
L-Alanine	8.13E-05	0.990 ± 0.016	0.900	1.000
L-Glutamate	0.002521	0.880 ± 0.080	0.800	0.900
Phosphorylcholine	0.015352	0.970 ± 0.035	0.900	1.000
Taurine	0.00155	0.880 ± 0.078	0.800	0.900
Xanthine	0.000752	0.860 ± 0.087	1.000	0.700
Xanthosine	0.003153	0.900 ± 0.073	1.000	0.800
Glycine	0.002043	0.900 ± 0.076	1.000	0.800
L-Serine	0.005319	0.870 ± 0.085	0.900	0.800
N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine	0.000394	0.950 ± 0.045	0.800	1.000
PC (16:0/16:0)	0.000512	0.900 ± 0.073	1.000	0.800

AUC, area under the ROC curve.