Circulating MicroRNA Expression, Vitamin D, and Hypercortisolism as Predictors of Osteoporosis in Elderly Postmenopausal Women

Table 4

Diagnostic value of mi-R-148a, miR-122-5p, cortisol, and vitamin D for osteoporosis ().

miRNAs	AUC for diagnosis of osteoporosis (Ops)
	Area (95% CI)	Sensitivity	Specificity
mi-R-122-5p	0.761^a (0.686-0.896)	82.9	86.7
miR-148a	0.876^b (0.798-0.965)	91.5	89.3
mi-R-148a+miR-122-5p	0.820^c (0.720-0.910)	94.2	89.6
Cortisol	0.748^b (0.650-0.875)	89.8	85.2
Vitamin D	0.635^b (0.580-0.785)	85.8	84.6
Cortisol+vitamin D.	0.789^c (0.650-0.896)	90.8	87.3

AUC: area under the curve; CI: confidence interval. ^a. ^b. ^c.