Table 5

Positive Predictive Value (PPV) and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) for the diagnosis of HCC with αFP values ≥200, αFP values ≥ 400 ng/mL and with the progressive elevation of αFP of 5 ng/mL with a prevalence of 5 and 10%.

αFP
HCC Prevalence (%)
PPV (%)
NPV (%)

≥200 ng/ml
10
97.58
93.4

5
95.03
96.7
≥400 ng/ml
10
95.7
91.86

5
91.4
95.97
Elevation ≥7 ng/ml/month
10
98.7
96.92

5
97.4
98.52

Arrieta et al. BMC Cancer 2007 7:28   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-7-28