Table 3 Comparison of the ROC curve, IDI and category-free NRI of the Cr vs. Cr, UPCR vs. Cr, UPCR, cMet/Cr in predicting ESRD.

From: Soluble cMet levels in urine are a significant prognostic biomarker for diabetic nephropathy

 

AUC (95% CI)

DeLong test

IDI

category-free NRI

P-value

P-value

(95% CI)

P-value

(95% CI)

ESRD

Cr

0.858 (0.808, 0.907)

Reference

Reference

 

Reference

 

cMet/Cr

0.694 (0.623, 0.765)

<0.0001

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 

Cr+UPCR

0.889 (0.846, 0.931)

0.0389

0.0001

6.52% (3.18%, 9.87%)

<0.0001

88.31% (65.02%, 111.61%)

Cr+UPCR+cMet/Cr

0.890 (0.848, 0.933)

0.0295

0.0001

6.76% (3.38%, 10.15%)

<0.0001

82.64% (59.07%, 106.22%)

Death

Cr

0.644 (0.569, 0.720)

Reference

Reference

 

Reference

 

cMet/Cr

0.620 (0.536, 0.704)

0.5943

0.0748

 

0.1726

 

Cr+UPCR

0.633 (0.556, 0.710)

0.5717

0.4641

0.32% (−0.53%, 1.17%)

0.3923

11.95% (−15.42%, 39.31%)

Cr+UPCR+cMet/Cr

0.641 (0.558, 0.724)

0.9138

0.0372

2.76% (0.16%, 5.35%)

0.8453

−2.82% (−31.11%, 25.47%)

Composite

Cr

0.865 (0.818, 0.911)

Reference

Reference

 

Reference

 

cMet/Cr

0.694 (0.626, 0.761)

<0.0001

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 

Cr+UPCR

0.878 (0.835, 0.922)

0.149

0.0196

2.86% (0.46%, 5.27%)

<0.0001

81.06% (57.53%, 104.59%)

Cr+UPCR+cMet/Cr

0.886 (0.844, 0.928)

0.0555

0.0005

4.78% (2.10%, 7.46%)

<0.0001

74.21% (50.30%, 98.12%)

  1. Cr, creatinine; UPCR, urine protein-to-creatinine ratio; ESRD, end stage renal disease; CI, confidence interval; IDI, integrated discriminatory improvement; NRI, net reclassification improvement.