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. 2022 Dec 1;11:e79713. doi: 10.7554/eLife.79713

Table 2. In silico tools with pairs of non-overlapping thresholds that reach at least supporting evidence strength for both pathogenic and benign prediction.

LR: likelihood ratio; CI: confidence interval; PV: predicted variants.

Pathogenic prediction Benign Prediction
Tool Pathogenic threshold Sensitivity LR+ LR+ 95% CI Strength (pathogenic) Benign threshold Specificity LR- LR- 95% CI Strength (benign) Correctly PV % of correctly PV
All SNVs
BayesDel_addAF ≥0.39 0.6 3.21 [2.19, 4.72] Supporting <0.23 0.44 0.35 [0.26, 0.47] Supporting 302 56.87
CADD >25 0.39 8.27 [4.34, 15.75] Moderate ≤21.75 0.78 0.42 [0.37, 0.48] Supporting 418 47.18
CADD >16.3 0.82 2.59 [2.1, 3.2] Supporting ≤16.3 0.68 0.26 [0.21, 0.31] Supporting 703 79.35
Eigen-PC >1.9 0.79 3 [2.21, 4.07] Supporting ≤1.9 0.74 0.28 [0.22, 0.35] Supporting 415 78.15
GERP++ >4.22 0.44 4.33 [2.51, 7.49] Supporting ≤0.15 0.35 0.32 [0.22, 0.46] Supporting 225 42.37
MetaSVM >0.81 0.55 3.25 [2.16, 4.89] Supporting ≤0.46 0.6 0.38 [0.3, 0.48] Supporting 272 56.55
phyloP100way >7.32 0.15 17.8 [2.5, 127] Supporting ≤0.8 0.57 0.36 [0.28, 0.46] Supporting 130 24.48
REVEL >0.77 0.63 3.05 [2.12, 4.4] Supporting ≤0.7 0.69 0.38 [0.31, 0.47] Supporting 309 64.24
SpliceAI >0.3 0.67 58.12 [27.23, 124.03] Strong ≤0.3 0.99 0.33 [0.23, 0.48] Supporting 637 96.08
Missense only
BayesDel_addAF ≥0.41 0.54 3.35 [2.2, 5.12] Supporting <0.22 0.44 0.32 [0.23, 0.45] Supporting 241 51.72
CADD >23.25 0.6 3.19 [2.17, 4.69] Supporting ≤20.9 0.62 0.36 [0.28, 0.46] Supporting 283 60.6
Eigen-PC >1.9 0.78 2.93 [2.16, 3.98] Supporting ≤1.9 0.74 0.3 [0.24, 0.38] Supporting 357 76.61
GERP++ >4.22 0.44 4.27 [2.47, 7.4] Supporting ≤–0.87 0.29 0.31 [0.2, 0.47] Supporting 187 40.13
MetaSVM >0.8 0.58 3.08 [2.09, 4.53] Supporting ≤0.39 0.56 0.37 [0.29, 0.48] Supporting 267 57.3
phastCons30way >0.94 0.52 3.19 [2.09, 4.88] Supporting ≤0.41 0.61 0.36 [0.28, 0.46] Supporting 252 54.08
phyloP100way >7.32 0.16 19.11 [2.68, 136.47] Supporting ≤0.56 0.53 0.35 [0.27, 0.46] Supporting 119 25.54
REVEL >0.77 0.62 3.02 [2.09, 4.35] Supporting ≤0.7 0.69 0.39 [0.32, 0.48] Supporting 297 63.73
Non-missense only
CADD >11.5 0.93 8.62 [3.42, 21.77] Supporting ≤11.5 0.89 0.08 [0.05, 0.11] Supporting 350 92.84
SNVs in HBB
BayesDel_addAF ≥0.31 0.8 6.43 [2.23, 18.58] Supporting <0.31 0.88 0.22 [0.17, 0.3] Supporting 210 81.08
CADD >25.25 0.42 31.64 [4.5, 222.38] Moderate ≤22.65 0.92 0.42 [0.37, 0.48] Supporting 264 48.71
CADD >10.8 0.94 3.26 [2.29, 4.64] Supporting ≤10.8 0.71 0.08 [0.05, 0.12] Supporting 494 91.14
SNVs in HBA1
CADD >22.95 0.59 4.94 [2.29, 10.68] Supporting ≤17 0.66 0.3 [0.19, 0.48] Supporting 84 61.76