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Table 3 Predictive accuracy of ACI and other index for diagnosing significant fibrosis in total patients

From: Angiopoietin-like protein as a novel marker for liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal to minimally raised ALT

Index

Patients

AUC (95% CI)

Cut-off

Sensiti -vity (%)

Speci-ficit (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

LR

ACI

ALT <2 × ULN

(n = 460)

0.813

(95% CI: 0.772, 0.854)

≥0.2

88.0

50.9

51.3

90.8

1.6

   

≥0.3

76.1

74.4

64.0

84.0

2.97

   

≥0.5

50.9

90.0

66.7

74.9

4.80

 

Normal ALT

(n = 196)

0.824

(95% CI: 0.763, 0.884)

≥0.2

81.8

63.7

54.0

87.5

2.25

   

≥0.3

65.2

86.3

66.1

84.0

4.75

   

≥0.5

40.0

94.4

75.7

75.9

6.98

APRI

ALT <2 × ULN

(n = 460)

0.742

(95%CI: 0.695, 0.789)

≥0.5

70.0

63.6

53.9

78.8

2.07

   

≥1.0

26.4

94.4

73.8

68.9

4.71

 

Normal ALT (n = 196)

0.780

(95% CI: 0.710, 0.849)

≥0.5

55.2

85.8

58.9

78.3

3.90

   

≥1.0

16.4

98.4

84.6

69.1

10.43

FIB-4

ALT <2 ULN

(n = 460)

0.741

(95% CI: 0.693, 0.788)

≥1.0

89.6

34.2

43.9

66.4

1.42

   

≥1.5

17.7

96.4

75.6

67.1

4.97

 

Normal ALT

(n = 196)

0.763

(95% CI: 0.689, 0.830)

≥1.0

90.8

31.8

40.4

86.7

1.33

   

≥1.5

21.5

96.8

77.8

70.5

6.78

Forns’ index

ALT <2 × ULN

(n = 460)

0.766

(95% CI: 0.717, 0.816)

≥6.0

90.1

37.5

44.9

86.8

1.44

   

≥8.0

54.6

83.5

64.7

75.8

3.3

 

Normal ALT

(n = 196)

0.762

(95% CI: 0.689, 0.847)

≥6.0

86.54

40.38

41.3

85.1

1.43

   

≥8.0

50.0

87.5

67.5

78.4

4.00

Hui Model

ALT <2 × ULN

(n = 460)

0.736

(95% CI: 0.686, 0.787)

≥0.15

60.1

74.4

58.1

76.5

2.55

   

≥0.3

38.5

90.9

71.3

71.7

4.25

 

Normal ALT

(n = 196)

0.745

(95% CI: 0.664, 0.825)

≥0.15

51.8

81.8

58.8

77.4

2.85

   

≥0.3

33.9

91.8

66.7

72.7

4.15

   

≥0.3

33.9

91.8

66.7

72.7

4.15