Positive group(I) negative group(J) valid N (I/J) AUCa Cutoff (≤Vb) Sensi- tivity Speci- ficity Positve PV Negative PV
malignancy benign 58/37 0.818 0.828 82.8% 70.3% 81.4% 72.2%
NPC NPI 42/26 0.794 0.828 78.6% 69.2% 80.5% 66.7%
0.851 83.3% 69.2% 81.4% 72.0%
NPL NPC 16/42 0.795 0.681 81.3% 71.4% 52.0% 90.9%
Note: ROC = Receiver Operating Characteristic; PV = Predictive Value; V = Value a. AUC = Area Under the ROC Curve, under the nonparametric assumption. b. cutoff value defined as ≤ Value × 10-3 mm2/s.
Table 3: ROC and PV analysis between different groups.