Table 3 AUROC analysis for diagnostic power of predictors of brain metastasis in gastric cancer patients

From: Analysis of risk factors and prognostic factors of brain metastasis in gastric cancer: a surveillance, epidemiology and end-results database study

Parameter

AUC (95% CI)

P value

Surgery

0.704 (0.684–0.724)

< 0.001

Site

0.557 (0.523–0.590)

< 0.001

Histological type of tumor

0.515 (0.487–0.544)

0.305

Grade

0.570 (0.542–0.598)

< 0.001

Tumor size

0.638 (0.610–0.666)

< 0.001

Gender

0.557 (0.529–0.586)

< 0.001

T stage

0.675 (0.646–0.704)

< 0.001

N stage

0.619 (0.590–0.649)

< 0.001

Age

0.550 (0.520–0.580)

0.001

Bone metastasis

0.640 (0.607–0.674)

< 0.001

Liver metastasis

0.626 (0.594–0.658)

< 0.001

Lung metastasis

0.654 (0.620–0.687)

< 0.001

Race

0.550 (0.522–0.578)

0.001

Income

0.505 (0.477–0.534)

0.721