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. 2022 Oct 18;9:995857. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.995857

Table 3.

Performance of TREAT-B and Simplified WHO to select patients eligible for anti-HBV therapy in subgroup of patients.

Age<40 years (n = 231) Age40 years (n = 594)
TREAT-B ≥2 TREAT-B ≥3 Simplified WHO TREAT-B ≥2 TREAT-B ≥3 Simplified WHO
AUROC (95% CI) 0.74 (0.67–0.80) 0.80 (0.72–0.88) 0.62 (0.54–0.70) 0.67 (0.63–0.71) 0.80 (0.76–0.85) 0.62 (0.57–0.67)
P-value < 0.001 < 0.001 0.009 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Sensitivity 100% 71.4% 70.9% 94.8% 71.0% 71.5%
Specificity 47.3% 88.5% 60.8% 39.2% 89.1% 59.9%
PPV 39.2% 67.8% 39.4% 35.5% 69.6% 39.9%
NPV 100% 90.1% 85.3% 95.6% 89.7% 85.0%
HBeAg positive (n = 154) HBeAg negative (n = 671)
AUROC (95% CI) 0.81 (0.74–0.88) 0.77 (0.69–0.85) 0.61 (0.52–0.70) 0.67 (0.63–0.72) 0.83 (0.79–0.87) 0.61 (0.56–0.66)
P-value < 0.001 < 0.001 0.018 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Sensitivity 92.9% 55.7% 79.7% 97.9% 78.1% 97.9%
Specificity 69.0% 97.6% 47.5% 37.0% 87.6% 36.0%
PPV 71.4% 95.1% 56.7% 30.2% 63.7% 34.3%
NPV 92.1% 72.6% 73.1% 98.5% 93.5% 86.7%
Body mass index<25 kg/m2 (n = 520) Body mass index25 kg/m2 (n = 305)
AUROC (95% CI) 0.69 (0.65–0.74) 0.77 (0.72–0.83) 0.59 (0.54–0.66) 0.62 (0.55–0.69) 0.81 (0.75–0.87) 0.61 (0.54–0.68)
P-value < 0.001 < 0.001 0.002 0.003 < 0.001 0.004
Sensitivity 96.6% 63.8% 65.5% 96.2% 79.7% 79.2%
Specificity 42.4% 91.0% 58.6% 27.0% 82.6% 52.8%
PPV 37.7% 71.8% 37.0% 36.9% 67.0% 44.2%
NPV 97.1% 87.4% 82.0% 94.1% 90.2% 84.3%

AUROC, area under the receiver operating curve; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.