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Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Validity (AUC, sensitivity, specificity) for serum YKL-40 to discriminate group II (n = 20) from group I (n = 20)

From: Diagnostic validity of serum YKL-40 as a non-invasive diagnostic marker of oesophageal varices in cirrhotic hepatitis C virus patients

 

AUC

p

95% C.I

Cut off

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Serum YKL-40

0.919

< 0.001*

0.835–1.0

> 80.3

90.0

75.0

78.3

88.2

  1. AUC area under a curve, p value probability value, CI confidence intervals, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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