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Table 2 Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) for the four tumor markers with their cut-off points for achieving the best diagnostic accuracy.

From: Diagnostic utility of pleural fluid and serum markers in differentiation between malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions

 

Cut-off

Sensitivity % (95% CI)

Specificity % (95% CI)

PPV % (95% CI)

NPV % (95% CI)

Accuracy AUC

CA-125(P)

1017

50.0 (32.9-67.1)

81.6 (65.7-92.4)

72.0 (50.6-87.9)

63.3 (48.3-76.6)

0.64

CEA(P)

2.71

72.2 (54.8-85.8)

92.1 (78.6-98.3)

89.7 (72.2-97.9)

77.8 (62.9-88.8)

0.83

CYFRA21-1(P)

74.7

41.7 (25.5-59.2)

92.1 (78.6-98.3)

83.3 (57.7-96.6)

62.5 (48.5-75.1)

0.69

NSE(P)

0.22

94.4 (81.1-99.3)

36.1 (20.8-53.8)

59.6 (45.8-72.4)

86.7 (59.5-98.3)

0.65

CA-125(S)

214.2

44.4 (27.9-61.9)

78.9 (62.7-90.4)

66.7 (44.7-84.4)

60.0 (45.2-73.6)

0.6

CEA(S)

3.27

61.1 (43.5-76.9)

73.7 (54.1-84.6)

68.7 (50.0-83.9)

66.7 (50.5-80.4)

0.65

CYFRA 21-1(S)

2.42

72.2 (54.8-85.8)

73.7 (56.9-86.6)

72.2 (54.8-85.8)

73.7 (56.9-86.6)

0.78

NSE(S)

10.6

80.6 (64.0-91.8)

47.4 (31.0-64.2)

59.2 (44.2-73.0)

72.0 (50.6-87.9)

0.62

CA-125(R)

11.16

22.2 (10.1-39.2)

94.7 (82.3-99.4)

80.0 (44.4-97.5)

56.2 (43.3-68.6)

0.54

CEA(R)

0.83

69.4 (51.9-83.7)

89.5 (75.2-97.1)

86.2 (68.3-96.1)

75.6 (60.5-87.1)

0.84

CYFRA 21-1(R)

11.4

77.8 (60.8-89.9)

42.1 (26.3-59.2)

56.0 (41.3-70)

66.7 (44.7-84.4)

0.54

NSE(R)

0.04

83.3 (67.2-93.6)

44.7 (28.6-61.7)

58.8 (44.2-72.4)

73.9 (51.0-90.1)

0.62

  1. P - Pleural fluid values, S - Serum values, R - Ratio between pleural fluid and serum.
  2. PPV - Positive Predictive Value; NPV - Negative Predictive Value.