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Table 1 Comparison of diagnostic performance of IHC biomarkers for detecting HSIL and HSIL+

From: Sequential gene expression analysis of cervical malignant transformation identifies RFC4 as a novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarker

Biomarker

Sensitivity

(95% CI), %

p-valuea

Specificity

(95% CI), %

p-valuea

PPV

(95% CI), %

NPV

(95% CI), %

AUC

(95% CI)

HSIL

 p16INK4a

92.6 (83.7–97.6)

Ref/0.248

63.4 (53.2–72.7)

Ref/<0.001

63.0 (52.8–72.4)

92.8 (83.9–97.6)

0.78 (0.72–0.84)

 Ki-67

91.2 (81.8–96.7)

1.000/0.480

80.2 (71.1–87.5)

0.004/0.023

75.6 (64.9–84.4)

93.1 (85.6–97.4)

0.86 (0.81–0.91)

 p16INK4a + Ki-67b

88.2 (78.1–94.8)

0.248/Ref

87.1 (79.0–93.0)

<0.001/Ref

82.2 (71.5–90.2)

91.7 (84.2–96.3)

0.88 (0.83–0.93)

 TOP2A

88.2 (78.1–94.8)

0.450/1.000

87.1 (79.0–93.0)

<0.001/1.000

82.2 (71.5–90.2)

91.7 (84.2–96.3)

0.88 (0.83–0.93)

 RFC4

88.2 (78.1–94.8)

0.505/1.000

90.1 (82.5–95.1)

<0.001/0.579

85.7 (75.3–92.9)

91.9 (84.7–96.4)

0.89 (0.84–0.94)

HSIL+

 p16INK4a

95.3 (90.2–98.3)

Ref/0.041

63.4 (53.2–72.7)

Ref/<0.001

76.9 (69.6–83.2)

91.4 (82.3–96.8)

0.79 (0.74–0.84)

 Ki-67

93.0 (87.2–96.8)

0.505/0.248

80.2 (71.1–87.5)

0.004/0.023

85.7 (78.8–91.1)

90.0 (81.9–95.3)

0.87 (0.82–0.91)

 p16INK4a + Ki-67b

90.7 (84.3–95.1)

0.041/Ref

87.1 (79.0–93.0)

<0.001/Ref

90.0 (83.5–94.6)

88.0 (80.0–93.6)

0.89 (0.85–0.93)

 TOP2A

91.5 (85.3–95.7)

0.228/1.000

87.1 (79.0–93.0)

<0.001/1.000

90.1 (83.6–94.6)

88.9 (81.0–94.3)

0.89 (0.85–0.93)

 RFC4

91.5 (85.3–95.7)

0.267/1.000

90.1 (82.5–95.1)

<0.001/0.579

92.2 (86.1–96.2)

89.2 (81.5–94.5)

0.91 (0.87–0.95)

  1. aExact McNemar’s test comparing to p16INK4a and p16INK4a + Ki-67
  2. bBoth p16INK4a and Ki-67 positive