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. 2019 Oct 30;43(5):685–695. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2019.1669957

Table 2. Receiver operating characteristic curve to determine sensitivity and specificity for femoral neck and total hip cut-off values categorized by an aBMD cut-off value of <0.60 g/cm2 at the DF or PT.

            Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Region AUC Std. Error P-value 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper T-scoreWHO T-scoreYI T-scoreWHO T-scoreYI
TH 0.95 0.021 <0.0001 0.911 0.995 94 81 80 92
FN 0.92 0.027 <0.0001 0.868 0.974 69 69 90 86

DF, distal femur; PT, proximal tibia; TH, total hip; FN, femoral neck; AUC, area under the curve; ROC: receiver operating characteristic; CI: confidence interval; T-scoreWHO: World Health Organization T-score criteria of −2.5 SD below the young adult reference mean used to diagnose osteoporosis; T-scoreYI, Youden Index T-score cutoff of −3.1 SD at the TH and −2.4 SD at the FN.