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Table 3 Sensitivities and specificities based on fixed PC-594 positivity rates in low-risk subjects

From: Metabolic system alterations in pancreatic cancer patient serum: potential for early detection

% Positivity < age 50 (specificity, 95% CI)

USA PC % Sensitivity (95% CI)

% Specificity* (95% CI)

USA Control 1 by age

50-59

60-69

70-80

USA control 2

0.5 (99.5, 98–100)

7 (0.4-36)

100 (97–100)

99 (96–100)

100 (97–100)

100 (89–100)

1.0 (99.0, 97–100)

21 (6–52)

99 (95–100)

95 (91–98)

97 (93–99)

100 (89–100)

2.5 (97.5, 95–99)

64 (36–86)

97 (93–99)

90 (85–94)

93 (88–96)

95 (82–99)

5.0 (95.0, 92–97)

87 (56–98)

94 (90–97)

84 (78–88)

77 (70–82)

95 (82–99)

10.0 (90.0, 87–93)

100 (73–100)

90 (85–94)

74 (68–80)

67 (60–73)

83 (67–92)

  1. *assuming no PC among reference subjects.