Diagnostic Utility of Serum Ascites Lipid and Protein Gradients in Differentiation of Ascites

Table 3

Area under the ROC curve analysis for serum ascites gradients and ascitic fluid: Total protein, Albumin, Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol between Malignant vs. Nonmalignant groups and Cirrhotic vs. Noncirhhotic groups.

Parameter	Malignant vs. Nonmalignant				Cirrhotic vs. Noncirrhotic
	Area Under Curve	Asymptotic Significance	Asymptotic 95% Confidence Interval		Area Under Curve	Asymptotic Significance	Asymptotic 95% Confidence Interval
			Lower Bound	Upper Bound			Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Serum Ascites Total Protein Gradient	0.163	0.001	0.063	0.262	0.905	0.001	0.820	0.990
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient	0.224	0.001	0.096	0.351	0.859	0.001	0.758	0.959
Serum Ascites Total Cholesterol Gradient	0.434	0.410	0.285	0.584	0.699	0.013	0.565	0.832
Serum Ascites Triglyceride Gradient	0.509	0.906	0.358	0.661	0.450	0.530	0.295	0.605
Serum Ascites HDL Cholesterol Gradient	0.414	0.279	0.254	0.574	0.648	0.063	0.494	0.802
Serum Ascites LDL Cholesterol Gradient	0.425	0.347	0.272	0.578	0.705	0.010	0.574	0.836
Ascitic Fluid Total Protein	0.782	0.001	0.665	0.898	0.049	0.001	0.000	0.099
Ascitic Fluid Albumin	0.804	0.001	0.694	0.914	0.051	0.001	0.000	0.105
Ascitic Fluid Total Cholesterol	0.868	0.001	0.778	0.958	0.029	0.001	0.000	0.067
Ascitic Fluid Triglyceride	0.584	0.290	0.430	0.739	0.196	0.001	0.084	0.309
Ascitic Fluid HDL Cholesterol	0.873	0.001	0.777	0.969	0.182	0.001	0.070	0.294
Ascitic Fluid LDL Cholesterol	0.794	0.001	0.666	0.922	0.069	0.001	0.005	0.133