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Table 2 Comparitive analysis of the diagnostic performance of T2 and PD values

From: Quantitative evaluation of parotid gland dysfunction in patients with hyposalivation using magnetic resonance imaging mapping technique

 

True positive (n)

True negative (n)

False postive (n)

False negative (n)

Cut-off value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Area under the curve

Standard error

95% confidence interval

p-value

T2 value

24

20

5

8

85.75 ms

71.88

80.00

0.8131

0.0593

0.6968–0.9295

0.5301

PD value

17

21

4

15

81.55 pu

56.25

84.00

0.7588

0.0629

0.6355–0.8820

  1. Abbreviation: PD, proton density
  2. Comparisons between area under the curve (AUC) was conducted using the method suggested by Hanley and McNeil [23]