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. 2005 Oct;26(9):2187–2199.

TABLE 4:

Statistically significant lowest cutoff rCBVT values tested for different mean differences

Parameter Cutoff rCBVT Values
For Grading*
For Differentiation
3.9a 2.6b 4.3c 2.3d 3.9e 2.3f 3.9g 3.9h 2.2i 2.3j 3.9k 3.9l 2.3m 2.2n 2.5o
ROC area 0.936 1.000 0.917 0.804 0.918 0.929 0.908 0.941 0.921 0.935 0.941 0.896 0.875 0.867 0.875
SE 0.037 0.000 0.068 0.061 0.053 0.047 0.060 0.049 0.065 0.052 0.052 0.069 0.072 0.085 0.079
AS 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.007 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.001
Sensitivity 95.46 100 100 94.12 90.91 94.12 95.46 100 94.12 94.12 100 90.91 83.33 83.33 75.00
Specificity 91.67 100 83.33 66.67 88.24 66.67 88.24 88.24 90.00 92.86 88.24 88.24 91.67 90.00 100
PPV 87.50 100 77.78 57.14 90.91 57.14 91.30 77.78 94.12 94.12 66.67 83.33 83.33 90.91 100
NPV 97.06 100 100 96.00 88.24 96.00 93.75 100 90.00 92.86 100 93.75 91.67 81.82 82.35
Accuracy 93.10 100 89.47 75.47 89.74 75.47 92.31 91.67 92.59 93.55 90.48 89.29 88.89 86.36 88.46

Note.—rCBVT indicates tumoral relative cerebral blood volume; ROC, area under curve; SE, standard error; AS, asymptotic significance; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

*

Superscripts indicate:

a

Low- and high-grade glial tumors;

b

low- and high-grade astrocytic gliomas;

c

low- and high-grade non-astrocytic gliomas.

Superscripts indicate:

d

Low-grade glial tumors from metastases

e

high-grade glial tumors from metastases;

f

low-grade astrocytomas from metastases;

g

high-grade astrocytomas from metastases;

h

high-grade non-astrocytic gliomas from metastases;

i

pilocytic astrocytomas from metastases;

j

diffuse astrocytomas from metastases;

k

anaplastic astrocytomas from metastases;

l

glioblastoma multiforme from metastases;

m

low-grade astrocytomas from low-grade oligodendrogliomas;

n

pilocytic astrocytomas from low-grade oligodendrogliomas;

o

diffuse astrocytomas from low-grade oligodendrogliomas.