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Table 4 Validity measures and accuracy for both qualitative & quantitative assessments

From: MR imaging biomarkers for evaluation of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. Additive value of anterior capsule abnormality as a reliable criterion for diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis: a cross sectional analytic study

 

AUC (95%CI)

P value

Cut-off

Sensitivity (95%CI)

Specificity (95%CI)

Quantitative assessment

 Anterior capsule thickness

1.0 (0.936–1.0)

0.000

 > 2.45

100 (87.7–100)

100 (87.7–100)

 Maximal axillary capsule thickness

0.855 (0.735–0.934)

0.000

 > 3.5

75 (55.1–89.3)

100 (87.7–100)

 Humeral capsular thickness

0.793 (0.663–0.889)

0.000

 > 2.92

60.7 (40.6–78.5)

100 (87.7–100)

 Glenoid capsular thickness

0.823 (0.698–0.912)

0.000

 > 3.47

67.9 (47.6–84.1)

100 (87.7–100)

 Coracohumeral ligament thickness

0.817 (0.691–0.908)

0.000

 > 2.54

71.4 (51.3 – 86.8)

67.9 (47.6—84.1)

 Degree of external rotation

0.949 (0.855–0.990)

0.000

 ≤ 136.2

85.7 (67.3—96.0)

100 (87.7–100)

Qualitative assessment

     

 Anterior capsular abnormal hyperintensity

0.661 (0.522—0.782)

0.011

 

75 (55.1—89.3)

57.1 (37.2—75.5)

 Axillary capsular abnormal hyperintensity

0.768 (0.636—0.870)

0.000

 

75 (55.1—89.3)

78.6 (59.1—91.7)

 Humeral capsular abnormal hyperintensity

0.607 (0.468—0.735)

0.106

 

64.3 (44.1—81.4)

57.1 (37.2—75.5)

 Glenoid capsular abnormal hyperintensity

0.732 (0.597—0.842)

0.000

 

57.1 (37.2—75.5)

89.3 (71.8—97.7)

 Abnormal hyperintensity at subcoracoid fat triangle

0.589 (0.450—0.719)

0.175

 

67.9 (47.7—84.1)

50 (30.7—69.4)

 Obliteration of the subcoracoid fat triangle

0.554 (0.415—0.687)

0.371

 

32.1 (15.9—52.4)

78.6 (59.1—91.7)

  1. The statistically significant values were marked by bold