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. 2020 Apr;8(8):536. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.02.89

Table 3. Summary of the diagnostic accuracy of GP73, GPC-3, AFP, GP73 + AFP, GPC-3 + AFP, GP73 + GPC-3 + AFP.

Marker N Pooled sensitivity (95% CI) Pooled specificity (95% CI) PLR (95% CI) NLR (95% CI) DOR (95% CI) AUC (95% CI)
GP73 9 0.77 (0.69–0.83) 0.93 (0.86–0.96) 10.8 (5.2–22.1) 0.25 (0.18–0.34)   43 [17–110] 0.90 (0.87–0.92)
GPC-3 9 0.59 (0.47–0.70) 0.93 (0.89–0.95) 8.3 (5.0–13.7) 0.44 (0.33–0.59)   19 [9–38] 0.89 (0.86–0.91)
AFP 10 0.65 (0.55–0.74) 0.88 (0.84–0.91) 5.4 (4.0–7.3) 0.40 (0.30–0.52)   14 [8–23] 0.88 (0.84–0.90)
GP73 + AFP 8 0.85 (0.77–0.90) 0.86 (0.80–0.91) 6.1 (4.3–8.6) 0.18 (0.12–0.26)   34 [22–54] 0.92 (0.89–0.94)
GPC-3 + AFP 7 0.71 (0.61–0.79) 0.91 (0.81–0.95) 7.5 (4.0–14.0) 0.33 (0.25–0.42)   23 [13–40] 0.85 (0.82–0.88)
GP73 + GPC-3 + AFP 12 0.91 (0.87–0.94) 0.84 (0.77–0.89) 5.8 (4.0–8.4) 0.10 (0.07–0.15)   58 [36–92] 0.95 (0.92–0.96)

GP73, Golgi protein 73; GPC-3, Golgi protein glypican-3; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; AUC, the area under the curve; DOR, diagnostic odds ratio; NLR, negative likelihood ratio; PLR, positive likelihood ratio.