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Table 2 AUROC and ROC-derived cutoffs for ARDS and their diagnostic accuracy measures

From: The diagnostic accuracy for ARDS of global versus regional lung ultrasound scores - a post hoc analysis of an observational study in invasively ventilated ICU patients

Score

AUROC

Optimal cutoff

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Composite

 Global

0.91 (0.86–0.95)

15

80.0% (63.1–91.6)

88.9% (81.8–94.0)

68.3% (55.7–78.7)

93.7% (88.4–96.7)

 Anterolateral

0.91 0.85–0.97)

5

88.6% (73.3–96.8)

82.9% (74.8–89.2)

60.8% (50.6–70.2)

96.0% (90.6–98.4)

Regional

 Anterior

0.84 (0.76–0.92)

2

74.3% (56.7–87.5)

86.3% (78.7–92.0)

61.9% (49.8–72.7)

92.0% (86.4–95.2)

 Lateral

0.89 (0.83–0.95)

4

85.7% (69.7–95.2)

80% (72.0–87.1)

56.6% (46.9–65.8)

95.0% (89.3–97.7)

 Posterior

0.85 (0.78–0.91)

7

80.0% (63.1–91.6)

76% (67.3–83.5)

49.8% (41.0–59.0)

92.7% (86.7–96.1)

  1. Data is reported as value (95% confidence interval)
  2. AUROC area under the receiver operating characteristics curve, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value