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Table 3 Predictive values of non-invasive factors for esophageal varices among 223 participants

From: The magnitude and correlates of esophageal Varices among newly diagnosed cirrhotic patients undergoing screening fibre optic endoscope before incident bleeding in North-Western Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

Variable

AUC

95%CI

SE

Cutoff point

Sensitivity

95%CI

Specificity

95%CI

SPD

0.713

0.646–0.781

0.0345

> 15.2

65.9

55.0–75.7

65.2

56.5–73.2

PVD

0.655

0.583–0.736

0.0372

> 1.45

62.5

51.5–72.6

61.5

52.7–69.7

PTC

0.427

0.348–0.506

0.0402

< 98.0

59.1

48.1–69.5

54.8

46.0–63.4

PSDR

0.382

0.304–0.459

0.0393

< 640

58.0

46.9–68.4

57.0

48.2–65.5

SALB

0.467

0.392–0.543

0.0385

< 2.57

52.3

41.3–63.0

49.8

40.9–58.3

ASCI

NA

NA

NA

NA

94.3

87.2–98.1

23.7

16.8–31.7

  1. ALB: Albumin; AUC: area under curve; ASCI: Ascites; CI: Confidence interval; NA: not applicable; PTC: Platelet count; PSDR: Platelet to splenic diameter ratio; SE: standard error; SPD: Splenic Diameter;
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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