Table 3 ROC curve analysis of BMI and HU value for predicting the occurrence of AVF.

From: Incidence and risk factors of adjacent vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty in postmenopausal women: a retrospective study

Variables

Cutoff

Sensitivity

Specificity

AUC (95% CI)

P value

BMI

21.425

0.534

0.747

0.662 (0.590–0.733)

 < 0.001*

HU value

65.150

0.776

0.597

0.712 (0.653–0.771)

 < 0.001*

  1. BMI body mass index, HU Hounsfield unit, ROC receiver operating characteristic, AUC area under curve, CI confidence interval.
  2. *P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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