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Table 3 Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of TE, ALBI, ALBI-PLT, and PALBI in patients with and without esophageal varices and small versus large varices

From: Prediction of esophageal varices in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis using albumin-bilirubin, platelets-albumin-bilirubin score, albumin-bilirubin-platelets grade, and GAR

Varices detection

 

ALBI

ALBI-PLT

PALBI

TE

GAR

AUC

0.794

0.784

0.708

0.956

0.562

SE

0.0184

0.0178

0.0225

0.0106

 

P

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.197

95% CI

0.758–0.831

0.748–0.821

0.664–0.752

0.931–0.973

0.469–0.654

Cut-off

>− 2.43

> 3

>− 2.28

> 20

 

Sensitivity

81.28

77.34

62.1

83.64

 

Specificity

74.89

72.93

76.4

91.62

 

PPV

58.9

55.86

53.8

60.5

 

NPV

90

87.90

82

97.3

 

Large varices detection

 

ALBI

ALBI-PLT

PALBI

TE

GAR

AUC

0.744

0.582

0.754

0.561

0.545

P

0.001

0.036

0.001

0.441

0.5431

95% CI

0.678–0.803

0.511–0.651

0.688–0.811

0.421–0.695

0.422–0.663

Cut-off

>− 1.88

> 4

>− 2.12

  

Sensitivity

92.96

39.44

87.32

  

Specificity

60.61

75

64.39

  

PPV

55.9

45.9

56.9

  

NPV

94.1

69.7

90.4

  
  1. TE transient elastography, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value