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. 2020 Nov 16;5(4):559–572. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1637

TABLE 4.

Comparison of the Clinical Utility of Each NIT at High and Low Cutoff Points for Advanced Fibrosis in NAFLD

High cutoff point NIT Sensitivity Specificity FP FN PPV NPV Accuracy
Diabetes absence FIB‐4 index > 2.67 0.657 0.877 0.123 0.343 0.404 0.953 0.852
NFS > 0.675 0.286 0.989 0.011 0.714 0.769 0.916 0.913
APRI > 2.0 0.114 0.964 0.036 0.886 0.286 0.896 0.865
COL4‐7S > 5.9 0.686 0.899 0.101 0.314 0.462 0.958 0.875
Diabetes presence FIB‐4 index > 2.67 0.537 0.856 0.144 0.463 0.439 0.898 0.797
NFS > 0.675 0.426 0.891 0.109 0.574 0.451 0.881 0.813
APRI > 2.0 0.278 0.957 0.043 0.722 0.577 0.863 0.842
COL4‐7S > 5.9 0.685 0.872 0.128 0.315 0.529 0.929 0.839
Low cutoff point
Diabetes absence FIB‐4 index > 1.30 0.971 0.547 0.453 0.029 0.214 0.993 0.595
NFS > 1.45 0.771 0.685 0.315 0.229 0.237 0.959 0.695
APRI > 0.5 1.00 0.362 0.638 0 0.166 1.000 0.434
COL4‐7S > 4.8 0.886 0.725 0.275 0.114 0.290 0.980 0.743
Diabetes presence FIB‐4 index > 1.30 0.889 0.475 0.525 0.111 0.262 0.953 0.547
NFS > 1.45 0.926 0.358 0.642 0.074 0.233 0.958 0.457
APRI > 0.5 0.944 0.327 0.673 0.056 0.228 0.966 0.434
COL4‐7S > 4.8 0.889 0.689 0.311 0.111 0.375 0.967 0.723

Abbreviations: FN, false negative; FP, false positive; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.