Research Article

Identifying the Best Marker Combination in CEA, CA125, CY211, NSE, and SCC for Lung Cancer Screening by Combining ROC Curve and Logistic Regression Analyses: Is It Feasible?

Table 8

Significance of the best marker combinations for lung cancer screening by ROC curve and logistic regression analyses.

AUCCutofflogitPPcutoffLogitPSENSPEPPVNPV+LR−LRYden

Healthy subjectsCEA + CA1250.863−0.3810.406−2.465 + 0.577 CEA + 0.035 CA1250.7080.8550.7990.7834.8830.3420.563
Pneumonia patients (male)CEA + CY2110.7030.0440.511−0.237 + 0.008 CEA + 0.068 CY2110.5220.7840.7510.5682.4170.6100.306
00.5000.6170.6840.7090.5891.9530.5600.301
Pneumonia patients (female)CEA0.692−0.2570.436−0.803 + 0.064 CEA0.3500.9690.8870.68211.2900.6710.319
−0.6280.3480.5920.7130.5890.7162.0630.5720.305

Recalculated parameters after adjusting cutofflogitP.