Research Article

Metabolic Perturbation and Potential Markers in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

Table 4

ROC curves of high-level biomarkers in the EC group.

MarkerCutoff valueaSensitivitySpecificityAUC value95% CIb

Lactic acid661.6883.3%90.5%0.899<0.0010.805–0.992
Cholesterol695.6279.2%85.7%0.869<0.0010.764–0.974
Myo-inositol-1-phosphate6.1962.5%90.5%0.813<0.0010.690–0.937

aCutoff value (×105); b95% confidence interval of the difference.