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. 2021 Apr 15;13(4):3529–3535.

Table 5.

Diagnostic value of different indexes for fetal distress

Groups Sensitivity Specificity Yoden index Area under the curve (AUC) Cutoff value P 95% CI

Upper limitation Lower limitation
Umbilical artery S/D 0.533 0.975 0.508 0.788 3.771 <0.001 0.674 0.902
Umbilical artery RI 0.867 0.725 0.592 0.870 0.665 <0.001 0.789 0.952
Umbilical artery PI 0.767 0.800 0.567 0.847 1.595 <0.001 0.759 0.936
Middle cerebral artery S/D 1.000 0.625 0.625 0.852 4.801 <0.001 0.766 0.937
Middle cerebral artery PI 0.933 0.500 0.433 0.802 0.802 <0.001 0.705 0.904
Middle cerebral artery RI 0.467 0.800 0.267 0.658 1.292 0.025 0.526 0.790
Fetal movement reduction 0.700 0.800 0.500 0.750 <0.001 0.630 0.870
Combined indexes 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000a,b,c,d,e,f,g 1.000 <0.001 1.000 1.000

Note: Compared with umbilical artery S/D;

a

P<0.05.

Compared with umbilical artery RI;

b

P<0.05.

Compared with umbilical artery PI;

c

P<0.05.

Compared with middle cerebral artery S/D;

d

P<0.05.

Compared with middle cerebral artery PI;

e

P<0.05.

Compared with middle cerebral artery RI;

f

P<0.05.

Compared with fetal movement reduction;

g

P<0.05.

RI: resistance index; PI: pulsatility index; S/D: systolic blood flow velocity to end-diastolic blood flow velocity.