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The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 6 ROC analysis for clinical and echocardiographic predictors of coronary tortuosity

From: Coronary tortuosity relation with carotid intima-media thickness, coronary artery disease risk factors, and diastolic dysfunction: is it a marker of early atherosclerosis?

Variable

AUC (95% CI)

P value

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Clinical

 Total Cholesterol (> 168 mg/dL)

0.72 (0.59–0.83)

< 0.001

73.3% (54.1–87.7)

63.3% (43.9–80.0)

Echocardiographic

 A velocity (> 72.8 cm/s)

0.88 (0.77–0.95)

< 0.001

73.3% (54.1–87.7)

96.7% (82.7–99.4)

 DT (≤ 155 ms)

0.86 (0.74–0.93)

< 0.001

66.67% (47.2–82.7)

96.6% (8.7–99.4)

  1. ROC receiver-operator characteristics, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval, DT deceleration time
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