Table 3 Assessment of the diagnostic performance of clinical and imaging parameters for discriminating ASC from AIH using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses.

From: Quantitative multiparametric MRI as a non-invasive stratification tool in children and adolescents with autoimmune liver disease

 

AUC

95% CI

Cut-off

Sensitivity

Specificity

Liver biochemistry

ALT

0.59

0.4–0.78

47.50

0.73

0.63

AST

0.61

0.43–0.79

32.50

0.73

0.55

GGT

0.73

0.57–0.88

22.50

0.91

0.50

Total bilirubin

0.45

0.27–0.63

1.61

1.00

0.16

IgG

0.55

0.35–0.75

13.00

0.64

0.55

Gamma globulins

0.61

0.4–0.82

15.25

0.55

0.74

mpMRI

PDFF

0.45

0.22–0.67

1.60

0.55

0.61

cT1

0.59

0.4–0.79

801

0.71

0.46

Biliary tree parameters

Percentage of the ducts with median diameter ranging 1–3 mm

0.5

0.30–0.70

92.32

0.73

0.42

Percentage of the ducts with median diameter ranging 3–5 mm

0.52

0.32–0.72

16.43

0.82

0.32

Percentage of the ducts with median diameter ranging 5–7 mm

0.64

0.5–0.77

0.43

0.27

1.00

Percentage points along the bile duct centreline with diameter < 1 mm

0.52

0.35–0.69

0.014

0.64

0.53

Percentage points along the bile duct centreline with diameter ranging 1–3 mm

0.50

0.29–0.71

78.17

0.36

0.74

Percentage points along the bile duct centreline with diameter ranging 3–5 mm

0.51

0.3–0.72

11.48

0.45

0.74

Percentage points along the bile duct centreline with diameter ranging 7–9 mm

0.66

0.49–0.83

0.02

0.45

0.87

Percentage points along the bile duct centreline with diameter < 9 mm

0.68

0.53–0.83

0.01

0.36

1.00

Total number of strictures

0.77

0.6–0.94

10.00

0.45

0.97

Sum of absolute severity of strictures

0.77

0.59–0.95

5.20

0.73

0.76

Sum of relative severity of strictures

0.77

0.6–0.94

439.82

0.45

0.97

Total number of dilatations

0.79

0.63–0.95

8.50

0.73

0.79

Total length of dilatations (mm)

0.72

0.52–0.92

45.67

0.73

0.74

Maximum dilatation diameter

0.76

0.58–0.94

5.11

0.91

0.55

Sum of relative severity of candidate dilatations

0.75

0.56–0.93

570.04

0.64

0.79

Number of ducts with strictures

0.78

0.61–0.95

8.00

0.45

0.97

Number of ducts with dilatations

0.79

0.64–0.94

10.50

0.55

0.89

Number of ducts with strictures/dilatations

0.81

0.65–0.96

6.50

0.91

0.58

Total length of ducts with abnormalities (strictures and dilatations) (mm)

0.76

0.59–0.94

140.54

0.55

0.87