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Table 2 Diagnostic accuracy of different classification models

From: MALDI-TOF-MS serum protein profiling for developing diagnostic models and identifying serum markers for discogenic low back pain

Comparison

Peaks included in the classification model (m/z)

Training set

Blind test set

Recognition capability

Forecasting ability

Sensitivity

Specificity

DLBP vs. CLBP

6935.16, 1262.74, 9290.15, 5533.89, 4396.51, 5132.44, 2863.16, 1866.76, 6270.64, 4054.52, 8141.73, 4468.72, 7192.08, 1982.17, 2953.54

82.66%

67.24%

70%

63.33%

DLBP vs. LDH

1692.71,1779.79

88.33%

86.67%

93.33%

80%

DLBP vs. N

1779.28, 3159.06, 5292.71, 5754.98, 4054.22, 5247.91, 6934.55, 4527.3, 7473.04, 3883.04, 6270.34, 3449.05, 5265.25, 4395.98, 5131.5

100%

74.71%

86.67%

83.3%

LDH vs. CLBP

1692.72, 1779.74, 7766, 4121.69, 2933.47

94.89%

81.44%

93.33%

86.67%

LDH vs. N

1866.86, 2023.1, 3263.09, 4527.38, 6938.15, 7639.28, 5635.59, 6028.38

95%

86.67%

96.67

93.33%

CLBP vs. N

5755.18, 4964.69, 1450.69, 5629.16, 4018.94, 2790.29, 4467.25, 9184.37, 7062.96, 5293.26

95%

76.32%

73.33%

73.33%

DLBP + LDH vs. N

7923.02, 2933.11, 2790.11, 6562.89, 5292.65, 1450.6, 4054.08, 5755.42

95.82%

73.28%

95%

96.67%

DLBP + LDH vs. CLBP

1866.85, 1897.7, 8141.79, 5132.49, 5807.7, 5533.54, 4362.7, 3192.61

90.56%

70.02%

90%

90%

DLBP + CLBP + LDH vs. N

5755.08, 7061.97, 2790.07, 5247.76, 1450.59, 8142.27

88.86%

73.83%

86.67%

86.67%

  1. DLBP: discogenic low back pain; CLBP: chronic low back pain of unknown origin; LDH: lumbar disc herniation; N: normal controls.