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Table 4 Receiver operating characteristics of the significant predictors

From: Role of residual liver volumetry and function in prediction of liver tolerability after transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients: deriving a clinical decision support score

Predictor

Cutoff

Sensitivity

Specificity

LR+

LR-

AUC

Value (95% CI)

Sig.

Pre-interventional liver volumetric measures

Residual to liver volumetric ratio

Rule out

≥ 0.9

100%

15%

1.17

0.00

0.722 (0.654–0.789)

0.000

Rule in

≤ 0.65

38%

98%

21.4

0.63

Pre-intervention reserve liver functions

s.albumin (gm/dl)

Rule out

≥ 3.5

96%

40%

1.61

0.09

0.803 (0.749–0.858)

0.000

Rule in

≤ 3

33%

96%

8

0.7

s.bilirubin (mg/dl)

Rule out

≤ 1.1

95%

16%

1.13

0.3

0.683 (0.612–0.753)

0.000

Rule in

≥ 1.8

12%

97%

4.2

0.9

Prothrombin concentration (%)

Rule out

≥ 85

100%

3%

1.03

0.00

0.721 (0.655–0.787)

0.000

Rule in

≤ 65

6%

99%

5.18

0.95