Table 6:

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

Cutoff LevelSensitivity95% CISpecificity95% CIPPVNPV
<736.55.881.0–28.8100.0058.9–100.0100.030.4
<89747.0623.0–72.1100.0058.9–100.0100.043.7
<942.547.0623.0–72.185.7142.2–97.688.940.0
<1151.594.1271.2–99.028.574.5–0.776.266.7
<1182100.0080.3–100.028.574.5–0.777.3100.0
  • * Area under the ROC curve = 0.756. Significance level P (area = 0.5) = .0305.

  • 95% CI = 0.540–0.906.