Research Article

Soluble ST2 Plasma Concentrations Predict Mortality in HBV-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Table 4

Area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity of the receiver operating characteristic curve to determine the ability of plasma soluble (sST2) concentration to predict survival in patients with hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure.

VariablesAUC value (95% CI)Cut-off valueSensitivitySpecificity value

sST2w00.538 (0.350–0.727)83.6080.7690.3430.686
sST2w10.514 (0.335–0.693)103.7300.6150.5430.693
sST2w20.767 (0.613–0.921)110.6390.7690.8000.005
sST2w30.826 (0.688–0.973)107.5480.8460.7650.001

sST2w0, sST2 at week 0; sST2w1, sST2 at week 1; sST2w2, sST2 at week 2; sST2w3, sST2 at week 3.