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. 2020 Jun 27;2(3):otaa053. doi: 10.1093/crocol/otaa053

TABLE 5.

AUC Values for ROC of Index Biomarkers (FC and FL) With Optimized Cutoffs Based on Youden’s Index and Their Corresponding Sensitivity and Specificity

Nancy Index
Optimized Cutoff Positive ≥2 Negative ≤1 Sensitivity %* Specificity %† PPV %‡ NPV %§ Accuracy %║
FC ≥34.29 μg/g 93 18 65.0 [56.6–72.8] 78.3 [67.9–86.6] 83.8 [77.1–88.8] 56.5 [50.3–62.6] 69.9 [63.5–75.8]
<34.29 μg/g 50 65
FL ≥5.85 μg/g 109 30 76.2 [68.4–82.9] 63.9 [52.6–74.1] 78.4 [72.9–83.1] 60.9 [52.7–68.6] 71.7 [65.3–77.5]
<5.85 μg/g 34 53

*Sensitivity: proportion of patients correctly diagnosed as positive using the index test (TP/[TP + FN]).

†Specificity: proportion of patients correctly diagnosed as negative using the index test (TN/[TN + FP]).

‡Positive Predictive Value (PPV): proportion of patients correctly diagnosed as positive using the index test of all patients with a positive diagnosis using the index test (TP/[TP + FP]).

§Negative Predictive Value (NPV): proportion of patients correctly diagnosed as negative using the index test of all patients with a negative diagnosis using the index test (TN/[TN + FN]).

║Accuracy: proportion of patients correctly diagnosed as either positive or negative ([TP + TN]/[TP + FP + TN + FN]).

TP, true positive; TN, true negative; FP, false positive; FN, false negative.