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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2020 May 19;26(16):4339–4348. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2896

Table 2.

Gene Methylation Detection, Sensitivity, Specificity Using Detectable vs. Non-detectable cutoff

Cancer (n=74) Control (n=25)
Plasma n Sensitivity n Specificity PPV NPV AUC AUC 95% CI
CDO1 56 76% 11 56% 84% 44% 0.68 0.55–0.80
TAC1 61 82% 10 60% 86% 54% 0.73 0.61–0.86
HOXA7 55 74% 4 84% 93% 53% 0.79 0.69–0.90
HOXA9 43 58% 5 80% 90% 39% 0.66 0.54–0.77
SOX17 59 80% 9 64% 87% 52% 0.75 0.63–0.86
ZFP42 69 93% 18 28% 79% 58% 0.70 0.58–0.82
All (at least 3 positive) 65 88% 10 60% 87% 63% 0.68 0.56–0.80
Cancer (n=71) Control (n=27)
Urine n Sensitivity n Specificity PPV NPV AUC AUC 95% CI
CDO1 51 72% 10 63% 84% 46% 0.70 0.58–0.82
TAC1 48 68% 7 74% 87% 47% 0.70 0.58–0.83
HOXA7 36 51% 12 56% 75% 30% 0.54 0.41–0.67
HOXA9 34 48% 5 81% 87% 37% 0.66 0.54–0.77
SOX17 56 79% 9 67% 86% 55% 0.76 0.65–0.88
ZFP42 65 92% 21 22% 76% 50% 0.65 0.52–0.77
All (at least 3 positive) 66 93% 19 30% 78% 62% 0.70 0.58–0.81
Cancer (n=71) Control (n=27)
Plasma and Urine n Sensitivity n Specificity PPV NPV AUC AUC 95% CI
CDO1 42 58% 4 85% 91% 42% 0.69 0.5–0.82
TAC1 39 53% 2 92% 95% 41% 0.72 0.59–0.85
HOXA7 32 45% 4 85% 89% 37% 0.70 0.58–0.82
HOXA9 20 27% 1 96% 95% 33% 0.77 0.66–0.87
SOX17 47 65% 3 88% 94% 48% 0.78 0.67–0.89
ZFP42 60 85% 17 32% 78% 42% 0.72 0.60–0.84
All (at least 3 positive) 52 73% 2 92% 96% 55% 0.72 0.61–0.84

Abbreviations: Area under the curve: AUC; positive predictive value: PPV; negative predictive value: NPV.