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Table 3 The diagnostic performance of the epigenetic classifier and sputum cytology in a testing set

From: An epigenetic classifier for early stage lung cancer

 

Accuracy (%) (95% CI)*

Sensitivity (%) (95% CI)*

Specificity (%) (95% CI)

The epigenetic classifier

88.78 (83.50 to 92.83)

85.39 (76.32 to 91.99)

91.59 (84.63 to 96.08)

Sputum cytology

71.43 (64.56 to 77.64)

46.07 (35.44 to 56.96)

92.52 (85.80 to 96.72)

  1. Abbreviations: NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, CI confidence interval
  2. *p < 0.05