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. 2022 Dec 9;21:278. doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01711-5

Table 6.

Risk assessment levels at 90% sensitivity with corresponding specificity

Test Risk assessment tool Echocardiographic parameter
GLS
 ≥ -16%
E/e’
 > 14
e’
 < 8 cm/s
LAVi
 > 34 ml/m2
LVMi
 > 88 g/m2 (F) or 102 g/m2 (M)
Cut point for 90% sensitivity ARIC-HF (%) 3 5 3 3 4

WATCH-DM

(points)

8 10 8 8 9
NTpBNP (pg/mL) 13 29 13 20 18
hs-TnT (pg/mL) 6 6 5 6 6
AUC ARIC-HF 63% 59% 54% 52% 59%
WATCH-DM 63% 74% 60% 59% 65%
NTpBNP 63% 69% 55% 65% 67%
hs-TnT 63% 68% 61% 59% 64%
p-value 0.948  < 0.001 0.452  < 0.001 0.599
Specificity at the 90% cut point for sensitivity ARIC-HF 11% 29% 13% 12% 19%
WATCH-DM 12% 38% 15% 12% 22%
NTpBNP 10% 32% 13% 23% 16%
hs-TnT 20% 19% 18% 22% 20%
p-value 0.075 0.173 0.810 0.104 0.749

GLS global longitudinal strain, hs-TnT high sensitivity troponin-T, LAVi left atrial volume indexed to body surface area, LVMi left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area, NTpBNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide