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. 2021 Jan 26;11(2):173. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11020173

Table 2.

Evaluation of the diagnostic value of serum CA-125 to the IOTA Simple Rules for premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Models Predictors Included ß (95%CI) p-Value AuROC (95%CI)
Premenopausal women (n = 364)
PRE1 IOTA Simple Rules
Benign Ref Ref 0.89 (0.86, 0.93)
Inconclusive 2.72 (1.77, 3.68) <0.001
Malignant 4.68 (3.72, 5.64) <0.001
PRE2 Log serum CA-125 (FP1) § 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) <0.001 0.88 (0.83, 0.93)
PRE3 IOTA Simple Rules
Benign Ref Ref 0.94 (0.91, 0.98)
Inconclusive 2.10 (0.99, 3.21) <0.001
Malignant 4.27 (3.11, 5.42) <0.001
Log serum CA-125 (FP1) § 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) <0.001
Intercept (constant) −4.01 (−4.95,−3.06) <0.001
Postmenopausal women (n = 115)
POST1 IOTA Simple Rules
Benign Ref Ref 0.83 (0.76, 0.90)
Inconclusive 0.84 (−0.37, 2.04) 0.173
Malignant 3.81 (2.48, 5.13) <0.001
POST2 Log serum CA-125 (FP1) † 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) <0.001 0.88 (0.81, 0.95)
POST3 IOTA Simple Rules
Benign Ref Ref 0.98 (0.95, 1.00)
Inconclusive 0.71 (−1.63, 3.05) 0.551
Malignant 5.30 (3.17, 7.43) <0.001
Log serum CA-125 (FP1) † 0.03 (0.01, 0.04) <0.001
Intercept (constant) −2.23 (−3.52,−0.93)

Abbreviations: ß, beta-coefficient of logistic regression; IOTA, International Ovarian Tumor Analysis; Ref, reference; FP1, first-degree fractional polynomial; CI, confidence interval; AuROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. § a re-centered FP1 term for premenopausal model: log (CA-125)3−72.7142 † a re-centered FP1 term for postmenopausal model: log (CA-125)3−97.7399.