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Table 4 Diagnostic accuracy of the pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis index.

From: The pediatric NAFLD fibrosis index: a predictor of liver fibrosis in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Cut-point

n

%

TPR

TNR

PLR

NLR

PPV

NPV

≥ 1

198

97.5

99.3

(96.1 to 100.0)

6.4

(1.8 to 15.7)

1.1

(1.0 to 1.1)

0.1

(0.01 to 1.0)

70.7

(63.8 to 76.9)

80.0

(28.4 to 99.5)

≥ 2

190

93.6

97.2

(92.9 to 99.2)

14.5

(6.9 to 25.8)

1.1

(1.0 to 1.3)

0.2

(0.1 to 0.6)

72.1

(65.2 to 78.4)

69.2

(38.6 to 90.9)

≥ 3

179

88.2

95.7

(91.0 to 98.4)

29.0

(18.2 to 41.9)

1.3

(1.1 to 1.6)

0.2

(0.1 to 0.3)

75.4

(68.4 to 81.5)

75.0

(53.3 to 90.2)

≥ 4

167

82.3

93.6

(88.2 to 97.0)

43.5

(31.0 to 56.7)

1.7

(1.3 to 2.1)

0.2

(0.1 to 0.3)

79.0

(72.1 to 84.9)

75.0

(57.8 to 87.9)

≥ 5

154

75.9

88.7

(82.2 to 93.4)

53.2

(40.1 to 66.0)

1.9

(1.4 to 2.5)

0.2

(0.1 to 0.4)

81.2

(74.1 to 87.0)

67.3

(52.5 to 80.1)

≥ 6

138

68.0

81.6

(74.2 to 87.6)

62.9

(49.7 to 74.8)

2.2

(1.6 to 3.1)

0.3

(0.2 to 0.4)

83.3

(76.0 to 89.1)

60.0

(47.1 to 72.0)

≥ 7

118

58.1

76.6

(68.7 to 83.3)

83.9

(72.3 to 92.0)

4.7

(2.7 to 8.4)

0.3

(0.2 to 0.4)

91.5

(85.0 to 95.9)

61.2

(50.0 to 71.6)

≥ 8

94

46.3

62.4

(53.9 to 70.4)

90.3

(80.1 to 96.4)

6.4

(3.0 to 13.9)

0.4

(0.3 to 0.5)

93.6

(86.6 to 97.6)

51.4

(41.6 to 61.1)

≥ 9

66

32.5

46.1

(37.7 to 54.7)

98.4

(91.3 to 100.0)

28.6

(4.0 to 201.0)

0.6

(0.5 to 0.6)

98.5

(91.8 to 100.0)

44.5

(36.0 to 53.3)

  1. 95% confidence intervals are given in parentheses. Abbreviations: TPR = true positive rate; TNR = true negative rate; PLR = positive likelihood ratio; NLR = negative likelihood ratio; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value.