Table 5:

ROC analysis showing sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV for abnormal outcome of multiple cutoff levels of ADC (in 10−6/mm2/s) of the brain stem*

Cutoff LevelSensitivity95% CISpecificity95% CIPPVNPV
<736.55.560.9–7.4100.0054.1–100.0100.026.1
<98866.6741.0–86.6100.0054.1–00.0100.050.0
<99566.6741.0–86.683.3336.1–97.292.345.5
<109383.3358.6–96.250.0012.4–87.683.350.0
<1151.594.4472.6–99.133.335.3–77.381.066.7
<1182100.0081.3–100.033.335.3–77.381.8100.0
  • * Area under the ROC curve = 0.815. Significance level P (area = 0.5) = .0061.

  • 95% CI = 0.605–0.941.