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. 2020 Jan;222(1):56.e1–56.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.07.031

Supplemental Table 5.

Performance of the models by varying sensitivity and specificity

Model Specificity Sensitivity L, 95% CI U, 95% CI PPV L, 95% CI U, 95% CI NPV L, 95% CI U, 95% CI
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 80% 83.3 75.0 91.7 17.7 13.9 22.0 98.9 98.2 99.4
Ultrasound plus CA125a 80.8 72.2 89.3 17.3 13.5 21.5 98.8 98.0 99.3
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 73.1 63.1 83.1 15.9 12.3 20.1 98.3 97.4 98.9
Ultrasound plus HE4a 71.8 61.6 82.0 15.6 12.0 19.8 98.2 97.3 98.9
CA125a 73.1 62.8 83.3 15.9 12.3 20.1 98.3 97.4 98.9
RMI-mod 76.9 66.8 87.1 16.5 12.9 20.8 98.5 97.7 99.1
Ultrasounda 65.4 54.7 76.1 14.4 11.0 18.6 97.8 96.8 98.6
HE4a 65.4 54.4 76.4 14.4 11.0 18.6 97.8 96.8 98.6
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 85% 78.2 69.3 87.2 21.2 16.6 26.4 98.7 97.9 99.2
Ultrasound plus CA125a 78.2 69.2 87.2 21.2 16.6 26.4 98.7 97.9 99.2
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 71.8 61.6 82.0 19.8 15.3 24.9 98.3 97.5 98.9
Ultrasound plus HE4a 67.9 57.4 78.5 18.9 14.5 24.0 98.1 97.2 98.8
CA125a 71.8 61.6 82.0 19.8 15.3 24.9 98.3 97.5 98.9
RMI-mod 70.5 59.7 81.3 19.6 15.1 24.7 98.2 97.4 98.9
Ultrasounda 61.5 50.3 72.7 17.5 13.2 22.5 97.7 96.8 98.5
HE4a 60.3 48.6 71.9 17.2 12.9 22.1 97.6 96.7 98.4
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 90% 75.6 66.2 85.1 28.1 22.1 34.7 98.6 97.9 99.2
Ultrasound plus CA125a 74.4 64.8 83.9 27.8 21.8 34.3 98.6 97.8 99.1
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 69.2 58.6 79.9 26.3 20.5 32.9 98.3 97.4 98.9
Ultrasound plus HE4a 67.9 57.3 78.6 26.0 20.1 32.6 98.2 97.3 98.8
CA125a 66.7 55.9 77.4 25.6 19.8 32.2 98.1 97.3 98.8
RMI-mod 64.1 53.2 75.0 24.9 19.1 31.4 98.0 97.1 98.7
Ultrasounda 55.1 43.3 67.0 22.2 16.5 28.7 97.5 96.5 98.2
HE4a 53.8 42.3 65.3 21.8 16.2 28.3 97.4 96.5 98.2
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 95% 66.7 55.7 77.6 40.6 32.0 49.7 98.2 97.4 98.8
Ultrasound plus CA125a 69.2 58.4 80.1 41.5 33.0 50.5 98.4 97.6 98.9
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 61.5 49.6 73.5 38.7 30.1 47.9 98.0 97.1 98.6
Ultrasound plus HE4a 60.3 48.7 71.8 38.2 29.6 47.4 97.9 97.0 98.6
CA125a 53.8 41.0 66.7 35.6 27.0 44.9 97.6 96.6 98.3
RMI-mod 59.0 47.7 70.3 37.7 29.1 46.9 97.8 96.9 98.5
Ultrasounda 43.6 30.3 56.9 30.9 22.4 40.4 97.0 96.0 97.8
HE4a 38.5 26.8 50.1 28.3 20.0 37.9 96.8 95.7 97.6
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 80% 81.5 66.0 93.1 18.1 14.2 22.6 98.7 97.9 99.3
Ultrasound plus CA125a 81.0 67.6 93.3 17.8 13.9 22.2 98.7 97.9 99.3
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 68.2 60.3 90.2 13.1 10.2 16.4 98.6 97.7 99.2
Ultrasound plus HE4a 70.2 57.7 84.7 12.1 9.4 15.2 98.5 97.6 99.1
CA125a 74.6 52.6 87.5 13.9 10.8 17.5 98.6 97.7 99.2
RMI-mod 78.0 48.7 84.1 15.7 12.3 19.7 98.7 97.8 99.2
Ultrasounda 60.5 43.3 76.8 9.4 7.3 11.9 98.3 97.2 99.0
HE4a 59.4 47.0 71.2 9.2 7.1 11.6 98.2 97.2 99.0
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 85% 74.2 49.8 86.8 14.5 11.4 18.0 98.9 98.2 99.5
Ultrasound plus CA125a 70.8 57.7 87.8 13.0 10.2 16.2 98.9 98.1 99.4
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 65.4 37.3 79.1 10.8 8.5 13.5 98.8 97.9 99.4
Ultrasound plus HE4a 64.7 36.2 73.2 11.0 8.6 13.8 98.8 97.9 99.4
CA125a 61.4 41.0 77.0 10.2 7.9 12.7 98.7 97.8 99.3
RMI-mod 74.4 39.6 80.6 14.6 11.5 18.2 98.9 98.2 99.5
Ultrasounda 53.4 40.0 69.9 8.6 6.7 10.8 98.5 97.5 99.2
HE4a 51.8 35.3 64.3 8.3 6.5 10.4 98.5 97.4 99.2
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 90% 64.5 38.6 80.4 11.5 9.1 14.3 99.2 98.4 99.6
Ultrasound plus CA125a 60.3 43.2 79.3 10.4 8.2 13.0 99.1 98.3 99.6
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 41.7 19.5 68.6 8.1 6.4 10.2 98.9 97.9 99.5
Ultrasound plus HE4a 48.5 30.9 67.6 8.2 6.5 10.3 98.9 97.9 99.5
CA125a 45.9 28.9 69.3 7.9 6.2 9.9 98.9 97.8 99.5
RMI-mod 43.0 19.1 77.7 7.5 5.9 9.4 98.8 97.6 99.5
Ultrasounda 41.7 25.3 54.8 7.4 5.8 9.2 98.7 97.5 99.5
HE4a 39.0 21.5 57.5 7.0 5.5 8.8 98.7 97.4 99.4
Ultrasound plus CA125 plus HE4a 95% 40.6 19.5 68.7 7.6 6.0 9.5 99.4 98.4 99.8
Ultrasound plus CA125a 42.1 10.0 59.5 7.8 6.2 9.7 99.4 98.4 99.8
ROMA (CA125 plus HE4) 18.7 5.1 40.9 6.0 4.7 7.4 98.9 97.1 99.7
Ultrasound plus HE4a 31.5 21.6 36.0 6.7 5.3 8.3 99.2 97.9 99.8
CA125a 30.2 2.0 45.1 6.6 5.2 8.2 99.1 97.8 99.8
RMI 18.6 6.9 43.7 5.7 4.5 7.1 98.6 96.4 99.6
Ultrasounda 28.8 2.2 42.5 6.4 5.1 8.0 99.1 97.7 99.8
HE4a 21.4 4.7 41.1 5.9 4.6 7.3 98.8 96.9 99.7

CI, confidence interval; L, lower; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; RMI, Risk of Malignancy Index; ROMA, Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm; U, upper.

Gentry-Maharaj et al. HE4 in diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020.

a

All models incorporate age.