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. 2021 Jun 7;35(7):e23861. doi: 10.1002/jcla.23861

TABLE 4.

AMH performance characteristics according to age groups

Age group (years) No. of PCOS cases Controls (n) AUCROC (95% CI) Condition Cutoff value Youden's J Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) PPV (95% CI) NPV (95% CI)
12–20 87 Healthy (42) 0.741 (0.641–0.840) At 95% sensitivity 1.76 0.359 0.954 (0.888–0.982) 0.405 (0.270–0.555) 0.769 (0.720–0.811) 0.810 (0.604–0.922)
Maximum Youden's J 4.12 0.437 0.770 (0.671–0.846) 0.667 (0.516–0.790) 0.827 (0.755–0.882) 0.583 (0.474–0.685)
At 95% specificity 10.59 0.125 0.172 (0.107–0.265) 0.952 (0.842–0.987) 0.882 (0.642–0.969) 0.357 (0.331–0.385)
Benign (115) 0.679 (0.606–0.753) At 95% sensitivity 1.85 0.215 0.954 (0.888–0.982) 0.261 (0.189–0.348) 0.494 (0.465–0.524) 0.882 (0.733–0.953)
Maximum Youden's J 3.96 0.297 0.793 (0.696–0.865) 0.504 (0.414–0.594) 0.548 (0.494–0.600) 0.763 (0.673–0.835)
At 95% specificity 11.38 0.106 0.149 (0.089–0.239) 0.957 (0.902–0.981) 0.722 (0.491–0.875) 0.598 (0.574–0.621)
All (157) 0.696 (0.630–0.762) At 95% sensitivity 1.85 0.253 0.954 (0.888–0.982) 0.299 (0.233–0.375) 0.430 (0.403–0.458) 0.922 (0.814–0.969)
Maximum Youden's J 4.16 0.324 0.770 (0.671–0.846) 0.554 (0.476–0.630) 0.489 (0.437–0.541) 0.813 (0.743–0.868)
At 95% specificity 11.38 0.105 0.149 (0.089–0.239) 0.955 (0.911–0.978) 0.650 (0.435–0.818) 0.670 (0.648–0.690)
21–34 308 Healthy (161) 0.785 (0.740–0.830) At 95% sensitivity 2.40 0.330 0.951 (0.921–0.970) 0.379 (0.308–0.456) 0.746 (0.721–0.768) 0.803 (0.705–0.874)
Maximum Youden's J 5.67 0.462 0.692 (0.638–0.741) 0.770 (0.699–0.828) 0.852 (0.811–0.885) 0.566 (0.520–0.612)
At 95% specificity 11.30 0.178 0.227 (0.184–0.277) 0.950 (0.905–0.975) 0.897 (0.812–0.947) 0.391 (0.375–0.408)
Benign (331) 0.719 (0.680–0.758) At 95% sensitivity 2.40 0.238 0.951 (0.921–0.970) 0.287 (0.241–0.338) 0.554 (0.536–0.572) 0.864 (0.790–0.914)
Maximum Youden's J 5.69 0.356 0.692 (0.638–0.741) 0.665 (0.612–0.713) 0.657 (0.618–0.694) 0.698 (0.658–0.736)
At 95% specificity 14.03 0.098 0.146 (0.111–0.190) 0.952 (0.923–0.970) 0.738 (0.619–0.830) 0.545 (0.532–0.558)
All (492) 0.740 (0.706–0.775) At 95% sensitivity 2.40 0.268 0.951 (0.921–0.970) 0.317 (0.278–0.359) 0.466 (0.450–0.482) 0.912 (0.862–0.945)
Maximum Youden's J 5.69 0.391 0.692 (0.638–0.741) 0.699 (0.657–0.738) 0.590 (0.552–0.627) 0.784 (0.752 0.812)
At 95% specificity 13.28 0.114 0.162 (0.125–0.208) 0.951 (0.928–0.967) 0.676 (0.567–0.768) 0.645 (0.632–0.657)
35–46 45 Healthy (126) 0.789 (0.704–0.874) At 95% sensitivity 0.07 0.154 0.956 (0.852–0.988) 0.198 (0.138–0.277) 0.299 (0.277–0.322) 0.926 (0.755–0.981)
Maximum Youden's J 1.90 0.508 0.778 (0.637–0.875) 0.730 (0.647–0.800) 0.507 (0.426–0.588) 0.902 (0.841–0.941)
At 95% specificity 5.21 0.397 0.444 (0.309–0.588) 0.952 (0.900–0.978) 0.769 (0.588–0.886) 0.828 (0.787–0.862)
Benign (286) 0.778 (0.698–0.858) At 95% sensitivity 0.07 0.158 0.956 (0.852–0.988) 0.203 (0.160–0.253) 0.159 (0.148–0.170) 0.967 (0.880–0.991)
Maximum Youden's J 3.55 0.471 0.600 (0.455–0.730) 0.871 (0.827–0.905) 0.422 (0.332–0.517) 0.933 (0.906–0.952)
At 95% specificity 5.93 0.284 0.333 (0.214–0.479) 0.951 (0.920–0.971) 0.517 (0.357–0.674) 0.901 (0.880–0.918)
All (412) 0.782 (0.702–0.861) At 95% sensitivity 0.07 0.157 0.956 (0.852–0.988) 0.201 (0.166–0.243) 0.116 (0.108–0.124) 0.976 (0.914–0.994)
Maximum Youden's J 3.55 0.467 0.600 (0.455–0.730) 0.867 (0.830–0.896) 0.329 (0.258–0.409) 0.952 (0.933–0.966)
At 95% specificity 5.65 0.329 0.378 (0.251–0.524) 0.951 (0.926–0.968) 0.459 (0.325–0.600) 0.933 (0.918–0.946)

Abbreviations: AMH, anti‐Müllerian hormone; CI, confidence interval; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.