Research Article

Matrix Metalloproteinases 2 and 9 Immunoexpression in Prostate Carcinoma at the Positive Margin of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens

Table 4

ROC analysis.

ā€‰ā€‰AUC95 confidence interval

MMP-2, marginAll0.5890.413 to 0.7490.3596

MMP-2, tumor massAll0.5240.408 to 0.6380.7610
Negative margin0.5250.352 to 0.6940.8108
Positive margin0.6930.532 to 0.8260.0988

MMP-9, marginAll0.5510.379 to 0.7150.6352

MMP-9, tumor massAll0.6260.515 to 0.7280.0582
Negative margin0.5130.343 to 0.6800.8970
Positive margin0.7140.567 to 0.8340.0274