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. 2022 Dec 20;4(5):689–700. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2022.11.004

Table 6.

Sensitivity and Specificity of the Noncardiac Biomarkers in Identifying Myocarditis

ALT
AST
CPK
LDH
Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI)
>ULN 0.94 (0.82-1.00) 0.03 (0.02. 0.03) 0.97 (0.86-1.00) 0.06 (0.05-0.07) 0.99 (0.94-1.00) 0.23 (0.21-0.25) 0.85 (0.62-0.99) 0.11
>2× ULN 0.82 (0.65-1.00) 0.06 (0.05-0.07) 0.95 (0.84-1.00) 0.12 (0.11-0.13) 0.98 (0.90-1.00) 0.23 (0.21-0.25) 0.40 (0.11-0.70) 0.56
>3× ULN 0.71 (0.47-0.94) 0.12 (0.10-0.13) 0.91 (0.72-1.00) 0.35 (0.33-0.36) 0.92 (0.76-0.99) 0.31 (0.28-0.34)
>4× ULN 0.71 (0.47-0.94) 0.34 (0.32-0.36) 0.71 (0.48-0.94) 0.41 (0.38-0.43) 0.76 (0.56-0.95) 0.54 (0.51-0.57)

ULN: ALT, 49 IU/L; AST, 34 IU/L; LDH, 240 IU/L; CPK, 240 IU/L. We are unable to calculate the 95%CI for LDH >3 and >4 ULN due to the low sample size for these subgroups.

Abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 5.