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. 2020 Sep 10;11:1018. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.01018

Table 4.

List of cut-off value, sensitivity, and specificity of thyroid function and autoantibodies in GBS and CIDP ROC analysis.

Variable Criterion Specificity (%) Sensitivity (%)
TPO-Ab >13.7 IU/mL* 96.15 63.92
>18.6 IU/mL# 97.44 60.82
>133 IU/mLΔ 98.72 11.34
≤0.01IU/mLΔ 97.96 9.09
TG-Ab >6.6 IU/mL* 88.46 69.07
>17.36 IU/mL# 94.87 60.82
>261.1IU/mLΔ 98.72 2.06
≤0.46 IU/mLΔ 98.98 11.69
TT4 >89.15 nmol/L* 55.13 70.10
>97.45 nmol/L# 60.26 60.82
>157.75nmol/LΔ 97.44 6.19
≤69.03nmol/LΔ 98.98 6.49
FT4 >12.23 pmol/L* 48.72 71.13
>12.71 pmol/L# 58.97 60.82
>17.7pmol/LΔ 98.72 4.12
≤9.08pmol/LΔ 97.96 1.30
*

The diagnostic cut-off value corresponding to the maximum point of the Youden index.

#

The diagnostic cut-off value corresponds to sensitivity near to 60%.

Δ

The diagnostic cut-off value corresponds to the maximal specificity.