Research Article

Urinary PCA3 a Superior Diagnostic Biomarker for Prostate Cancer among Ghanaian Men

Table 5

PCA3 score sensitivity and specificity at various cut-off points.

PCA3 score cut-offSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)AUC (95% CI)

1093.748.939.995.50.570 (0.49–0.65)
2069.872.447.886.90.713 (0.65–0.78)
3057.185.659.084.70.830 (0.74–0.90)
4044.496.080.082.70.70 (0.62–0.75)
5039.7100.010082.10.708 (0.63–0.79)

AUC: area under the curve; CI: confidence interval; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value.