Table 3:

AUROC for binary classification based on each metric across symptomatic splits (VAS <7 versus VAS ≥7) of low back pain and radicular paina

MetricSymptomatology Analysis of Low Back Pain
VAS < 7VAS ≥ 7Significancea
AUROC95% CIAUROC95% CIP Value
Low Back Pain
 DSCA97.7(96.7–98.6)95.1(92.9–97.3)P < .001
 DSDIA96.6(95.4–97.8)96.5(94.9–98.1)P = .43
 DDRDIA96.8(95.6–97.9)97.5(96.1–98.8)P < .001
 DDRCA98.5(97.8–99.2)96.3(94.8–97.9)P < .001
Radicular back pain
 DSCA98.4(97.4–99.4)96.3(94.5–98.1)P < .001
 DSDIA98.2(96.8–99.6)96.9(95.5–98.2)P < .001
 DDRDIA98.7(97.9–99.5)97.1(95.6–98.5)P < .001
 DDRCA99.0(98.4–99.6)97.1(95.5–98.7)P < .001
  • a The P values represent a comparison of AUROCs among the symptomatic splits.