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Table 9 Validity (AUC, sensitivity, specificity) for NRG-1 (ng/ml) to discriminate between post-LSG obese subjects with (mild /moderate /severe) depression (n = 34) and non-depressed subjects (n = 74)

From: Is neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) a potential blood biomarker linking depression to obesity? A case-control study

 

AUC

P

95% C.I

Cut offa

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

NRG-1 (ng/ml)

0.707

0.001*

0.598–0.816

≤ 2.5

52.94

79.73

54.5

78.7

  1. AUC Area Under a Curve, p value Probability value, CI Confidence Intervals, NPV Negative predictive value, PPV Positive predictive value
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
  3. aCut off was choose according to Youden index
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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