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. 2015 Dec;36(12):2262–2269. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4440

Table 3:

At the maximum AUC, thresholds, sensitivity, specificity, and age-adjusted OR (95% CI) for the tap-positive compared with the tap-negative group

Tap-Positive vs Tap-Negative AUC Optimal Threshold Sensitivity Specificity OR (95% CI) P Valuea
Total ventricle volume (mL) 0.657 155 58.3 80.0 1.49 (1.13–1.96) .004
Total ventricle volume ratio (%) 0.700 8.6 79.2 56.0 1.49 (1.13–1.96) .005
Bilateral ventricle volume (mL) 0.657 147 54.2 84 1.52 (1.15–2.07) .003
Bilateral ventricle volume ratio (%)b 0.705 7.9 83.3 56.0 1.40 (1.06–1.84) .019
Total subarachnoid space volume (mL)b 0.714 312 87.5 48.0 0.66 (0.49–0.89) .006
Total subarachnoid space volume ratio (%) 0.682 17.9 75.0 72.0 0.63 (0.48–0.82) <.001
    CSF volume of frontal convexity (mL)b 0.701 45.9 79.2 76.0 0.58 (0.45–0.74) <.001
    CSF volume of parietal convexity (mL)b 0.768 37.9 91.7 52.0 0.60 (0.45–0.79) <.001
    CSF volume of Sylvian fissure and basal cistern (mL) 0.648 137 75.0 56.0 0.71 (0.52–0.96) .028
    CSF volume of posterior fossa (mL) 0.500 78.7 16.7 96.0 1.41 (0.89–2.25) .146
Upper-to-lower subarachnoid space ratiob 0.723 0.33 45.8 92.0 0.62 (0.46–0.83) .002
Evans Index 0.683 0.33 58.3 80.0 1.37 (1.04–1.80) .026
Y-Evans Index 0.662 0.24 41.7 92.0 1.42 (0.99–2.03) .057
Z-Evans Indexb 0.758 0.42 66.7 88.0 1.74 (1.35–2.24) <.001
X-Max Index 0.640 0.62 70.8 60.0 1.55 (1.12–2.16) .009
Y-Max Index 0.665 0.69 45.8 92.0 1.69 (1.26–2.27) <.001
Z-Max Index 0.543 0.74 58.3 60.0 1.13 (0.85–1.52) .401
Callosal angle (degree) 0.632 77.3 87.5 48.0 1.51 (1.13–2.02) .005
a

Probability value for the age-adjusted ORs in a logistic regression model.

b

Rows in which the AUC > 0.7 and P <. 05 are at the optimal threshold.