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. 2021 Dec 20;30:100834. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100834

Table 2.

Diagnostic accuracy of serum BUN and BUN/creatinine ratio to identify patients with citrin deficiency.

Index Timing AUC Cutoff Sensitivity Specificity Positive LR Negative LR
Serum BUN First visit 0.94 13 0.78 0.89 6.8 0.3
12 0.89 0.86 6.2 0.1
11 1.00 0.86 7.0 0.0
10 1.00 0.71 3.5 0.0
≤60 days 0.80 13 0.30 0.91 3.2 0.8
12 0.60 0.88 4.8 0.5
11 0.70 0.75 2.8 0.4
10 0.70 0.69 2.2 0.4
≤100 days 0.98 13 0.50 0.97 17.5 0.5
12 0.50 0.94 8.8 0.5
11 0.70 0.83 4.1 0.4
10 0.80 0.71 2.8 0.3
Serum BUN/creatinine ratio First visit 0.78 80 0.11 0.97 3.9 0.9
70 0.22 0.94 3.9 0.8
60 0.33 0.91 3.9 0.7
50 0.67 0.71 2.3 0.5
≤60 days 0.81 80 0.50 0.97 16.0 0.5
70 0.50 0.88 4.0 0.6
60 0.60 0.72 2.1 0.6
50 0.80 0.56 1.8 0.4
≤100 days 0.85 80 0.70 0.97 24.5 0.3
70 0.70 0.91 8.2 0.3
60 0.70 0.77 3.1 0.4
50 0.80 0.57 1.9 0.4

AUC, area under the curve; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; LR, likelihood ratio.