Research Article

[Retracted] The Diagnostic Efficacy of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Thyroid Imaging Report and Data System (TI-RADS) and the American Thyroid Association (ATA) Risk Stratification Systems for Thyroid Nodules

Table 5

ROC of ACR and ATA for thyroid cancer diagnosis.

RatingAUCSuggestive cut-offSensitivitySpecificityYouden’s indexAccuracyPPVNPVPLRNLR

ACR0.891 (0.862 to 0.920)<0.0014.50.780.900.680.840.900.787.840.25
ATA0.896 (0.868 to 0.925)<0.0013.50.920.760.680.840.810.893.890.11
Lesion  cm
 ACR0.868 (0.832 to 0.904)<0.0014.50.700.900.6082.170.820.827.050.33
 ATA0.872 (0.834 to 0.909)<0.0013.50.890.760.6581.400.710.913.780.14
Lesion  cm
 ACR0.921 (0.892 to 0.950)<0.0014.50.880.900.7889.520.810.948.900.13
 ATA0.930 (0.900 to 0.959)<0.0014.50.870.930.8091.080.860.9412.780.14

PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; PLR: positive likelihood ratio; NLR: negative likelihood ratio.