Research Article
Diagnostic Value of the 13C Methacetin Breath Test in Various Stages of Chronic Liver Disease
Table 3
Predictive value of the 13C-MBT in various stages of liver disease based on the cumulative recovery of oxidation at 40 minutes.
| | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | PPV (95% CI) | NPV (95% CI) | AUC (95% CI) |
| Fibrosis | 65 (44–86) | 82 (72–92) | 56 (36–76) | 87 (78–96) | 0.62 (0.39–0.86) | Cirrhosis (all stages) | 89 (80–98) | 83 (69–97) | 89 (80–98) | 83 (69–97) | 0.95 (0.91–0.99) |
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