Table 3.

The classification results of the three correlation methods.

Method	Accuracy (%)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	AUC	NOF
Pearson correlation	89.74 ± 7.28	89.71 ± 9.22	86.62 ±10.50	0.93 ± 0.09	84 ±46
Partial correlation	84.87 ± 7.09	96.21 ± 5.83	75.90 ± 17.33	0.87 ± 0.13	2488± 1393
Distance correlation	93.01 ± 5.40	89.71 ± 9.22	95.08 ± 7.70	0.94 ± 0.06	81 ± 31

AUC, area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve; NOF, number of features.