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. 2021 Jul 4;112(8):3388–3400. doi: 10.1111/cas.15021

TABLE 3.

The diagnostic value of 12 TAAbs for identifying BC from breast benign disease (BD)

TAAb Cut‐off (ng/mL) Positive(%) χ2 P Se (%) Sp (%) YI Accuracy (%) FPR (%) FNR (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
BC BD
(n = 399) (n = 200)
ALK 26 911 94 (23.6) 38 (19.0) 1.612 .204 23.6 82.0 0.1 22.0 18.0 76.4 71.2 51.8
BRCA2 22 292 118 (29.6) 13 (6.5) 41.51 <.001 29.6 93.5 0.2 21.9 6.5 70.4 82.0 57.0
CDKN2A 24 963 100 (25.1) 34 (17.0) 4.987 .026 25.1 83.0 0.1 22.4 17.0 74.9 59.6 52.6
CEBPA 23 449 147 (36.8) 22 (11.0) 43.927 <.001 36.8 89.0 0.3 28.2 11.0 63.2 77.0 58.5
CEP55 43 553 91 (22.8) 26 (13.0) 8.152 .004 22.8 87.0 0.1 19.5 13.0 77.2 63.7 53.0
FUBP1 19 421 102 (25.6) 32 (16.0) 7.017 .008 25.6 84.0 0.1 22.4 16.0 74.4 61.5 53.0
GATA3 19 858 196 (49.1) 36 (18.0) 54.379 <.001 49.1 82.0 0.3 38.7 18.0 50.9 73.2 61.7
HIST1H3B 35 877 83 (20.8) 36 (18.0) 0.657 .418 20.8 82.0 0.0 19.9 18.0 79.2 53.6 50.9
HRAS 32 356 127 (31.8) 26 (13.0) 24.836 <.001 31.8 87.0 0.2 25.5 13.0 68.2 71.0 56.1
IMP2/p62 35 344 133 (33.3) 42 (21.0) 9.799 .002 33.3 79.0 0.1 29.2 21.0 66.7 61.3 54.2
PTCH1 34 216 177 (44.4) 54 (27.0) 16.948 <.001 44.4 73.0 0.2 38.7 27.0 55.6 62.2 56.8
RalA 49 331 117 (29.3) 32 (16.0) 12.655 <.001 29.3 84.0 0.1 24.9 16.0 70.7 64.7 54.3

The cut‐off value was considered as the maximum Youden index at the point of more than 90% specificity

FNR, false‐negative rate; FPR, false‐positive rate; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; YI, Youden index.