Table 4.
Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios of the full model at each of the FLI cut-off level
FLI cut-off point | Number of patients more than cut-off | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | PPV (%) | NPV (%) | Yield (%) | Positive likelihood ratio | Negative likelihood ratio |
≥5 | 61 | 98.4 | 36.3 | 22 | 99 | 16 | 1.54 | 0.04 |
≥10 | 56 | 90.3 | 57.4 | 28 | 97 | 14 | 2.12 | 0.17 |
≥12.3 | 51 | 81.7 | 70.1 | 34 | 95 | 13 | 2.73 | 0.26 |
≥19.1 | 44 | 71.7 | 80.1 | 40 | 94 | 11 | 3.59 | 0.35 |
≥20 | 43 | 69.4 | 80.7 | 40 | 93 | 11 | 3.60 | 0.38 |
≥30 | 35 | 56.5 | 89.4 | 50 | 92 | 9 | 5.33 | 0.49 |
≥40 | 27 | 43.5 | 94.0 | 58 | 90 | 7 | 7.25 | 0.60 |
≥50 | 18 | 29.0 | 96.4 | 60 | 88 | 5 | 8.06 | 0.74 |
≥60 | 11 | 18.0 | 98.5 | 69 | 87 | 3 | 12.00 | 0.83 |
≥70 | 9 | 14.5 | 98.8 | 69 | 86 | 2 | 12.08 | 0.87 |
≥80 | 6 | 9.7 | 99.1 | 67 | 85 | 2 | 10.78 | 0.91 |
≥90 | 4 | 7.0 | 99.7 | 81 | 85 | 1 | 23.33 | 0.93 |
Bold values signify sensitivity and sepecificity. There is no significance testing.
FLI, Fatty Liver Index; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.