Table 5: Receiver operating characteristic curves to evaluate the diagnostic performance of contributors to fractures.

Variable

AUC

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Cut-off values

Lytic lesion

0.632

50 (12/22)

77.5 (31/40)

16 mm2

tBMD

0.641

68.2 (15/22)

80.0 (32/40)

-5.6%

Failure load

0.779

72.7 (16/22)

82.5 (33/40)

-9.4%

 

AUC: Area Under The Curve; tBMD: Tissue Bone Mineral Density