International Journal of Hepatology / 2019 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Diagnostic Utility of Serum Ascites Lipid and Protein Gradients in Differentiation of Ascites Table 3 Area under the ROC curve analysis for serum ascites gradients and ascitic fluid: Total protein, Albumin, Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol between Malignant vs. Nonmalignant groups and Cirrhotic vs. Noncirhhotic groups.
Parameter Malignant vs. Nonmalignant Cirrhotic vs. Noncirrhotic Area Under Curve Asymptotic Significance Asymptotic 95% Confidence Interval Area Under Curve Asymptotic Significance Asymptotic 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound Upper Bound Lower Bound Upper Bound Serum Ascites Total Protein Gradient 0.163 0.001 0.063 0.262 0.905 0.001 0.820 0.990 Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient 0.224 0.001 0.096 0.351 0.859 0.001 0.758 0.959 Serum Ascites Total Cholesterol Gradient 0.434 0.410 0.285 0.584 0.699 0.013 0.565 0.832 Serum Ascites Triglyceride Gradient 0.509 0.906 0.358 0.661 0.450 0.530 0.295 0.605 Serum Ascites HDL Cholesterol Gradient 0.414 0.279 0.254 0.574 0.648 0.063 0.494 0.802 Serum Ascites LDL Cholesterol Gradient 0.425 0.347 0.272 0.578 0.705 0.010 0.574 0.836 Ascitic Fluid Total Protein 0.782 0.001 0.665 0.898 0.049 0.001 0.000 0.099 Ascitic Fluid Albumin 0.804 0.001 0.694 0.914 0.051 0.001 0.000 0.105 Ascitic Fluid Total Cholesterol 0.868 0.001 0.778 0.958 0.029 0.001 0.000 0.067 Ascitic Fluid Triglyceride 0.584 0.290 0.430 0.739 0.196 0.001 0.084 0.309 Ascitic Fluid HDL Cholesterol 0.873 0.001 0.777 0.969 0.182 0.001 0.070 0.294 Ascitic Fluid LDL Cholesterol 0.794 0.001 0.666 0.922 0.069 0.001 0.005 0.133