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. 2022 Nov 3;9:1024836. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1024836

TABLE 3.

Comparison of diagnostic performance for advanced hepatic fibrosis (MRE cut-off values ≥ 3.6) according to the various cut-off values of FIB-4.

Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Accuracy
FIB-4 to use low cut-off; 1.3 (2.0)
Total subjects 69.6 77.5 4.9 99.3 77.4
Metabolically healthy group 64.0 78.2 2.2 99.6 78.1
FIB-4 to use low cut-off; 0.9
Total subjects 92.2 42.1 2.6 99.7 42.9
Metabolically healthy group 100.0 43.6 1.3 100 44.0
FIB-4 to use low cut-off; 1.0
Total subjects 90.2 52.2 3.1 99.7 52.8
Metabolically healthy group 96.0 53.8 1.6 99.9 54.1
FIB-4 to use low cut-off; 1.1
Total subjects 87.3 60.9 3.6 99.7 61.3
Metabolically healthy group 92.0 61.9 1.8 99.9 62.2
FIB-4 to use low cut-off; 1.2
Total subjects 83.3 69.0 4.3 99.6 69.2
Metabolically healthy group 80.0 69.8 2.0 99.8 69.9
FIB-4 to use low cut-off; 1.3
Total subjects 75.5 75.4 4.9 99.5 75.4
Metabolically healthy group 76.0 76.7 2.4 99.8 76.7

FIB-4, fibrosis-4 index; MRE, magnetic resonance elastography; NFS, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.