| FNAB | FNAB and BRAF V600E | P value |
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Area under the curve | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.03‡ |
Sensitivity (%) | 67.2% | 100.0% | <0.01 |
Specificity (%) | 100.0% | 88.9% | 0.125 |
Diagnostic accuracy | 80.0% | 96.0% | <0.01† |
- Corresponding fourfold table and calculation formula can be found in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2
- Abbreviations: FNAB Fine needle aspiration biopsy, BRAF V600E Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf V600E
- †Chi-square test, ‡Z test, otherwise McNemar’s test with exact significance was used