Research Article

Can Replacing CA125 with HE4 in Risk of Malignancy Indices 1–4 Improve Diagnostic Performance in the Presurgical Assessment of Adnexal Tumors?

Table 6

Diagnostic performance of classical risk of malignancy indices (RMIs) 1–4 in patients with adnexal masses.

Group of patients RMI variant Diagnostic performance of RMI
Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Specificity
(95% CI)
PPV
(95% CI)
NPV
(95% CI)
LR+
(95% CI)
LR–
(95% CI)
Diagnostic accuracy
(95% CI)

Entire study sample RMI 175.0%
(63.2–86.7%)
95.3%
(92.8–97.9%)
76.4%
(64.8–88.1%)
95%
(92.3–97.6%)
16.2
(9.1–28.8)
0.2
(0.1–0.4)
91.9%
(88.9–95.0%)
RMI 278.8%
(67.7–89.9%)
87.6%
(83.6–91.6%)
56.1%
(44.7–67.5%)
95.3%
(92.7–98.0%)
6.2
(4.3–8.9)
0.2
(0.1–0.4)
86.1%
(82.3–90.0%)
RMI 376.9%
(65.4–88.3%)
91.8%
(88.5–95.2%)
65.5%
(53.6–77.4%)
95.2%
(92.5–97.8%)
9.4
(6.1–14.6)
0.2
(0.1–0.4)
89.3%
(85.9–92.8%)
RMI 475%
(63.2–86.7%)
92.2%
(89–95.5%)
66.1%
(54.0–78.1%)
94.8%
(92.1–97.5%)
9.7
(6.1–15.2)
0.2
(0.1–0.4)
89.3%
(85.9–92.8%)

Premenopausal patients RMI 145.4%
(16–74.8%)
96.7%
(94.1–99.3%)
45.4%
(16.0–74.8%)
96.7%
(94.1–99.3%)
13.9
(5–38.6)
0.5
(0.3–0.9)
93.8%
(90.4–97.2%)
RMI 254.5%
(25.1–83.9%)
92.3%
(88.4–96.2%)
30%
(9.9–50%)
97.1%
(94.6–99.6%)
7.1
(3.4–14.9)
0.4
(0.2–0.9)
90.2%
(86.0–94.3%)
RMI 354.5%
(25.1–83.9%)
92.8%
(89.1–96.6%)
31.5%
(10.6–52.4%)
97.1%
(94.6–99.6%)
7.6
(3.6–16.2)
0.4
(0.2–0.9)
90.7%
(86.6–94.8%)
RMI 445.4%
(16–74.8%)
94.5%
(91.2–97.8%)
33.3%
(9.4–57.1%)
96.6%
(94.0–99.2%)
8.3
(3.4–20.1)
0.5
(0.3–0.9)
91.7%
(87.8–95.6%)

Postmenopausal patients RMI 182.9%
(71.4–94.4%)
92.1%
(86–98.1%)
85%
(73.9–96.0%)
90.9%
(84.4–97.3%)
10.5
(4.8–22.9)
0.1
(0.09–0.3)
88.8%
(83.1–94.5%)
RMI 285.3%
(74.5–96.1%)
76.3%
(66.7–85.8%)
66%
(53.2–78.7%)
90.6%
(83.4–97.7%)
3.6
(2.3–5.5)
0.1
(0.09–0.4)
79.4%
(72.1–86.8%)
RMI 382.9%
(71.4–94.4%)
89.4%
(82.5–96.3%)
80.9%
(69.0–92.8%)
90.6%
(84.0–97.2%)
7.8
(4–15.3)
0.1
(0.09–0.3)
87.1%
(81.1–93.2%)
RMI 482.9%
(71.4–94.4%)
86.8%
(79.2–94.4%)
77.2%
(64.8–89.6%)
90.4%
(83.6–97.1%)
6.3
(3.4–11.4)
0.19
(0.1–0.3)
85.4%
(79.0–91.8%)

Data are shown with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; LR+: positive likelihood ratio; LR−: negative likelihood ratio.