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Table 1 Performances of biomarkers for the diagnosis of HCC patients

From: PIVKA-II serves as a potential biomarker that complements AFP for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

 

AUC(95%CI)

Cutoff value

Sensitivity(%)(95%CI)

Specificity(%)(95%CI)

Z test

P Value

HCC vs Healthy controls

PIVKA-II

0.90 (0.88–0.94)

35.60mAU/ml

83.93 (77.63–88.71)

91.50 (86.01–94.97)

  

AFP

0.77 (0.72–0.82)

17.76 ng/ml

64.29 (56.80–71.14)

90.20 (84.45–93.97)

  

PIVKA-II + AFP

0.94 (0.92–0.97)*

 

87.50 (81.65–91.68)

92.50 (86.01–94.97)

6.756

< 0.01

HCC vs Benign liver diseases

PIVKA-II

0.85 (0.81–0.89)

43.47mAU/ml

81.55 (75.00–86.68)

86.00 (79.54–90.66)

  

AFP

0.72 (0.66–0.77)

21.47 ng/ml

63.10 (55.58–70.02)

84.67 (78.04–89.56)

  

PIVKA-II + AFP

0.90 (0.87–0.94)*

 

81.95 (74.35–86.17)

89.33 (83.38–93.33)

6.744

< 0.01

  1. *P < 0.01 in comparison with AFP