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Table 4 The sensitivity and specificity of DMRTA2 by different clinical characteristics in the aggregate set

From: A novel and sensitive DNA methylation marker for the urine-based liquid biopsies to detect bladder cancer

Clinical characteristics

DMRTA2-positive

Bladder cancer

Sensitivity(95%CI)

DMRTA2-negative

Non-cancer disease

Specificity (95%CI)

Total

179

216

82.9% (77.0–87.5%)

468

506

92.5% (89.7–94.6%)

Age

  < 60

29

44

65.9% (50.0–79.1%)

218

233

93.6% (89.4–96.2%)

 60 ~ 69

63

74

85.1% (74.5–92.0%)

156

169

92.3% (86.9–95.7%)

 70 ~ 79

62

68

91.2% (81.1–96.3%)

76

85

89.4% (80.4–94.7%)

  ≥ 80

25

30

83.3% (64.5–93.7%)

18

19

94.7% (71.9–99.7%)

Sex

 Male

152

179

84.9% (78.6–89.7%)

281

306

91.8% (88.0–94.5%)

 Female

30

37

81.1% (64.3–91.4%)

187

200

93.5% (88.9–96.3%)

Grade

 Low

60

84

71.4% (60.4–80.5%)

0

0

NA

 High

106

112

94.6% (88.2–97.8%)

0

0

NA

 NA

16

20

80% (55.7–93.4%)

0

0

NA

Stage

 Ta

34

54

63% (48.7–75.4%)

0

0

NA

 T1

66

73

90.4% (80.7–95.7%)

0

0

NA

 T2

38

40

95.0% (81.8–99.1%)

0

0

NA

 T3

9

11

81.8% (47.8–96.8%)

0

0

NA

 T4

9

11

81.8% (47.8–96.8%)

0

0

NA