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Table 2 Performance of the biomarkers for the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma

From: Detection of serum MMP-7 and MMP-9 in cholangiocarcinoma patients: evaluation of diagnostic accuracy

Biomarker (cut-off value)

Sensitivity (%) (95% CI)

Specificity (%) (95% CI)

PLR (95% CI)

NLR (95% CI)

CEA

(3 ng/ml)

70.73

(55.52–82.39)

43.75

(28.17–60.67)

1.26

(0.87–1.81)

0.67

(0.36–1.24)

CEA

(5 ng/ml)

58.54

(43.37–72.24)

62.50

(45.25–77.07)

1.56

(0.93–2.62)

0.66

(0.42–1.04)

CA19-9

(35 U/ml)

81.82

(68.04–90.49)

48.48

(32.50–64.78)

1.59

(1.11–2.27)

0.38

(0.18–0.77)

CA19-9

(100 U/ml)

70.45

(55.78 – 81.84)

63.64

(46.62–77.81)

1.94

(1.19–3.16)

0.46

(0.28–0.78)

MMP-9

(15.0 ng/ml)

63.64

(48.87–76.22)

41.94

(26.42–59.23)

1.67

(0.93–3.01)

0.59

(0.35–0.98)

MMP-9

(20.0 ng/ml)

34.10

(21.88–48.86)

74.19

(56.75–86.30)

1.32

(0.64–2.73)

0.89

(0.66–1.20)

MMP-7

(6.0 ng/ml)

76.32

(60.79–87.01)

46.88

(30.87–63.55)

1.44

(0.99–2.08)

0.51

(0.26–1.00)

MMP-7

(7.4 ng/ml)

63.16

(47.28–76.62)

71.88

(54.63–84.44)

2.25

(1.23–4.11)

0.51

(0.32–0.82)

  1. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratio (LR) as well as their 95% confidence interval (CI) for each marker is presented. The likelihood ratio is the ratio of true and false positives (sensitivity and 1-specificity respectively), where the higher values reflect the probability of a better performance. (PLR, positive likelihood ratio; NLR, negative likelihood ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval)