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Table 3 Predicting atrophy based on serum PGI levels and PGR

From: The potential value of serum pepsinogen for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis among the health check-up populations in China: a diagnostic clinical research

 

Cut-off value

Sensitivity (95%CI),%

Specificity (95%CI),%

PPV,%

NPV,%

AUC (95%CI)

Accuracy,%

p

Mild-moderate atrophy

PGI ≤ 50.3 ng/ml

63.9 (55.5–71.7)

49.1 (45.7–52.5)

10.9

82.5

0.575 (0.544–0.606)

49.0

0.0022

PGR ≤ 5.15

41.7 (33.5–50.2)

74.5 (71.5–77.4)

21.7

88.3

0.556 (0.524–0.587)

69.8

0.0516

Hp negative

       

PGI ≤ 41.2 ng/ml

77.6 (65.8–86.9)

35.4 (31.3–39.6)

7.4

86.8

0.568 (0.527–0.608)

59.9

0.0584

PGR ≤ 9.08

29.9 (19.3–42.3)

82.9 (79.4–86.0)

9.7

82.0

0.513 (0.472–0.553)

23.1

0.7570

Hp positive

       

PGI ≤ 43.4 ng/ml

89.6 (80.6–95.4)

18.1 (14.0–22.7)

12.1

79.2

0.521 (0.471–0.571)

68.1

0.5545

PGR ≤ 4.29

49.4 (37.8–61.0)

65.1 (59.6–70.3)

25.3

84.3

0.544 (0.493–0.593)

62.1

0.2629

Severe atrophy

PGI ≤ 53.6 ng/ml

76.9 (46.2–95.0)

47.0 (43.8–50.2)

1.9

97.3

0.575 (0.544–0.606)

47.4

0.3774

PGR ≤ 4.28

76.9 (46.2–95.0)

83.4 (80.9–85.7)

5.8

99.6

0.818 (0.793–0.842)

83.3

<0.0001

Hp negative

       

PGI ≤ 53.6 ng/ml

100.0 (59.0–100.0)

33.7% (29.9–37.6)

1.8

100.0

0.635 (0.595–0.673)

34.4

0.1696

PGR ≤ 6.28

85.7 (42.1–99.6)

73.9 (70.2–77.4)

37.5

99.8

0.833 (0.801–0.862)

75.0

0.0001

Hp positive

       

PGI ≤ 102.9 ng/ml

66.7 (22.3–95.7)

9.7 (7.0–13.1)

1.0

94.9

0.522 (0.472–0.572)

10.5

0.8856

PGR ≤ 4.28

100.0 (54.1–100.0)

64.3 (59.3–69.0)

4.1

100.0

0.789 (0.746–0.828)

63.3

<0.0001

  1. CI confident interval, AUC area under curve, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value