Table 2:

Performance of cardiovascular risk factors for predicting truncation

VariableSensitivitySpecificityAUC95% CI
No.%95% CINo.%95% CI
Agea10/1567%38%–88%82/13859%51%–68%0.630.47–0.78
rLVEF7/1547%21%–73%121/13888%81%– 93%0.670.54– 0.81
Atrial fibrillation10/1567%38%–88%83/13860%51%–68%0.630.50– 0.76
Absence of hypertension8/1553%27%–79%96/13870%61%–77%0.610.48– 0.75
Diabetes mellitus5/1533%12%–62%93/13867%59%–75%0.500.37– 0.63
Absence of hyperlipidemia9/1560%32%–84%65/13847%39%–56%0.540.40– 0.67
Multivariable model (age, rLVEF, hypertension)b11/1573%45%–92%108/13878%70%–85%0.750.60– 0.90
  • a Age was dichotomized at 68 years on the basis of the Youden index.

  • b Multivariable model is shown; the predicted risk of truncation was dichotomized at 10.6% on the basis of the Youden index.