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Table 5 Distribution of quantitative Zeff of unenhanced image, attenuation, NIC and Rho parameters among different pT staging in arterial and venous phases

From: Evaluation of optimal monoenergetic images acquired by dual-energy CT in the diagnosis of T staging of thoracic esophageal cancer

Parameter

pT1-2

pT3-4

p

AUC (95% CI)

Sensitivity (%) (95% CI)

Specificity (%) (95% CI)

PPV (95% CI)

NPV (95% CI)

Accuracy (%)

Cutoff value

Zeff

7.51 ± 0.19

7.49 ± 0.18

0.64

0.51 (0.33 – 0.67)

96.97 (84.2 – 99.9)

22.22 (6.40 – 47.6)

69.60 (54.20 –82.30)

80.00 (28.40 –99.50)

66.67

7.69

Attenuation(arterial)

184.06 ± 54.53

171.90 ± 46.63

0.41

0.57 (0.42 –0.71)

83.87 (66.30 –94.5)

50.00 (26.00 –74.00)

74.30 (56.70 –87.50)

64.30 (35.10 –87.20)

71.42

203.63

Attenuation(venous)

236.49 ± 40.81

224.23 ± 53.75

0.41

0.61 (0.45 ~ 0.77)

59.38 (40.60 –76.30)

70.59 (44.00 –89.70)

78.30 (56.30 –92.50)

50.00 (29.90 –70.10)

63.26

223.97

NIC (arterial)

2.29 ± 1.14

1.75 ± 0.50

0.02*

0.63 (0.45 –0.81)

96.87 (83.80 –99.90)

41.18 (18.40 –67.10)

74.40 (58.80 –86.50)

87.50 (47.30 –99.70)

78.43

2.55

NIC (venous)

2.90 (2.67, 3.45)

2.30 (1.9, 2.95)

0.01*

0.72 (0.58 –0.86)

59.38 (40.60 –76.30)

82.35 (56.60 –96.20)

87.00 (66.40 –97.20)

53.60 (33.90 –72.50)

68.62

2.55

Rho(arterial)

37.75 (27.45, 45.25)

43.90 (39.8, 47.7)

0.01*

0.72 (0.67 –0.88)

100 (89.40 –100.0)

38.89 (17.30 –64.30)

75.00 (59.70 –86.80)

100.00 (59.00 –100.00)

72.54

41.65

Rho(venous)

31.66 ± 8.51

42.23 ± 5.60

0.00*

0.84 (0.73 –0.96)

91.12 (71.00 –96.50)

67.54 (38.30 ~ 85.80)

81.60 (65.70 –92.30)

84.6 (54.60 –98.10)

82.35

35.35

  1. Highest diagnostic effectiveness value is shown in bold
  2. *p < 0.05 indicate statistically significant