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Table 4 Diagnostic performance of elasticity score and strain ratio in isolation and combined

From: B-mode ultrasound, color Doppler, and sonoelastography in differentiation between benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes with special emphasis on sonoelastography

 

Elasticity score (ES)

Strain ratio (SR)

Combined ES and SR

Cut-off point

> 47%

> 1.9

 

AUC

0.912

0.956

0.891

95% CI

0.78–0.98

0.84–0.996

0.75–0.97

P value

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

TP

55

55

58

TN

24

23

25

FP

3

3

1

FN

2

3

1

Sensitivity

96.4%

94.8%

98.3%

Specificity

88.8%

88.5%

96.1%

PPV

95.8%

94.8%

92.9%

NPV

92.3%

88.5%

96.1%

Accuracy

94.4%

92.8%

98.11%

  1. AUC area under curve, CI confidence interval, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value