Table 3 Cohort Performance: The assay performance in the entire data set (top) or the out-of-sample Test set (bottom) are indicated along with the 95% confidence intervals calculated using the Clopper-Pearson interval

From: Description of an activity-based enzyme biosensor for lung cancer detection

Entire Data Set (n = 750)

 

Spec Max

Spec Bias

Ensemble

Sens Bias

Sens Max

Sensitivity

61%

63%

84%

85%

96%

95% CI

55–68%

57–70%

79–89%

80–89%

92–98%

Specificity

86%

86%

81%

80%

57%

95% CI

83–89%

83–89%

77–84%

76–83%

52–61%

NPV

84%

85%

92%

93%

97%

PPV

66%

65%

64%

64%

48%

Accuracy

79%

79%

82%

81%

68%

95% CI

76–82%

76–82%

79–84%

79–84%

65–72%

Validation Set data (n = 250)

Sensitivity

62%

62%

90%

91%

97%

95% CI

49–73%

49–73%

80–96%

82–97%

90–100%

Specificity

86%

85%

82%

82%

54%

95% CI

80–91%

79–90%

76–88%

75–87%

47–62%

NPV

86%

86%

96%

96%

98%

PPV

63%

61%

66%

65%

44%

Accuracy

80%

79%

84%

84%

66%

95% CI

74–84%

73–84%

79–89%

79–89%

60–72%

  1. The 90% and 82% sensitivity and specificity values are bolded as they are the primary out-of-sample performance data reported in the paper.