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. 2021 Aug 27;11:17308. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96552-9

Table 2.

Comparison of diagnostic measures by three serum markers.

Procedure Statistics (95% CI) Name of marker ROMA
HE4 CA 125 ROMA
All
ROMA
Pre-Menopause
ROMA
Post-Menopause
Sensitivity 0.73 (0.71–0.75) 0.84 (0.82–0.85) 0.86 (0.84–0.87) 0.80 (0.78–0.83) 0.88 (0.86–0.89)
Specificity 0.90 (0.89–0.91) 0.73 (0.72–0.74) 0.79 (0.78–0.80) 0.80 (0.79–0.82) 0.83 (0.81–0.84)
Random effect LR + ve 10.61 (7.28–15.45) 2.91 (2.47–3.42) 4.66 (3.41–6.35) 4.59 (3.41–6.18) 5.86 (4.35–7.89)
LR –ve 0.27 (0.21–0.34) 0.23 (0.19–0.29) 0.18 (0.13–0.24) 0.26 (0.21–0.33) 0.15 (0.12–0.19)
Diagnostic Odds ratio 41.03 (27.96–60.21) 13.44 (9.97–18.13) 27.48 (18.70–40.38) 18.93 (13.04–27.48) 44.04 (31.27–62.03)
Tau-square (%) 67.71 41.90 65.74 51.61 36.19
Cochrane-Q 107.60 (P = 0.001) 106.84 (P = 0.001) 117.96 (P = 0.001) 67.63 (P = 0.001) 49.54 (P = 0.002)
Spearman’s correlation 0.49 (P = 0.013) 0.12 (P = 0.576) 0.30 (P = 0.183) 0.18 (P = 0.390) 0.46 (P = 0.019)
Fixed effect LR + ve 7.73 (7.05–8.46) 2.98 (2.84–3.12) 4.07 (3.84–4.32) 4.30 (3.97–4.66) 4.64 (4.19–5.12)
LR –ve 0.30 (0.28–0.32) 0.23 (0.21–0.25) 0.18 (0.16–0.20) 0.25 (0.22–0.29) 0.15 (0.13–0.17)
Diagnostic Odds ratio 37.31 (31.63–44.01) 13.57 (11.93–15.42) 26.24 (22.46–30.65) 19.09 (15.61–23.35) 42.42 (33.78–53.27)
Tau-square 77.70 76.60 82.20 66.00 49.50
Cochrane-Q 107.60 (P = 0.001) 106.84 (P = 0.001) 117.96 (P = 0.001) 67.63 (P = 0.001) 49.54 (P = 0.002)
Symmetrical ROC (SROC)

AUC (SE)

Q* index (SE)

0.91 (0.01)

0.84 (0.01)

0.86 (0.02)

0.79 (0.02)

0.91 (0.01)

0.84 (0.01)

0.88 (0.01)

0.81 (0.01)

0.94 (0.01)

0.87 (0.01)

Human epididymis secretory protein 4 (HE4), Cancer antigen (CA125) and Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA). Positive Likelihood ratio (LR + ve), Negative Likelihood ratio (LR–ve), Standard error (SE).