Table 4

Areas under the curves (AUC), specificities at 95% sensitivity and sensitivities at 95% specificity with the respective confidence intervals (in parenthesis) for the parameters tPSA, %fPSA, PSAD§, PSAV, ANN and ANNV$ for the tPSA range 4–10 ng/mL (n = 94)

Parameter
AUC
(Confidence Intervals)
P-values and significance levels§
Specificity at 95% Sensitivity
P-values and significance levels§
Sensitivity at 95% Specificity
P-values and significance levels$

PSA

0.50
(0.36–0.63)
<0.0001***

11.4
(5.9–19.8)
0.002**

4.2
(1.3–19.1)
0.037*

%fPSA

0.64
(0.51–0.77)
0.09

20
(12.6–29.6)
0.045*

12.5
(3.5–29.7)
0.023*

PSAD

0.69
(0.58–0.81)
-

35.7
(26.2–46.2)
-

4.2
(1.3–19.1)
0.013*

PSAV

0.66
(0.53–0.80)
0.529

4.3
(1.2–11.0)
<0.0001***

12.5
(3.5–29.7)
0.023*

ANN

0.66
(0.53–0.79)
0.264

8.6
(3.8–16.4)
<0.0001***

16.7
(5.9–34.6)
0.074

ANNV

0.57
(0.40–0.75)
0.008**

0

<0.0001***

37.5
(21.2–56.4)
-


§PSAD with largest AUC and highest specificity at 95% sensitivity, all others compared to PSAD

$ANNV with highest sensitivity at 95% specificity, all others compared to ANNV

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.01

***P < 0.0001

Stephan et al. BMC Urology 2008 8:10   doi:10.1186/1471-2490-8-10