Neutrophil-albumin ratio and multi-phase computed tomography for lymph node metastasis in pancreatic cancer

Table 4 Receiver operating characteristic curve results

Variable	AUC	Youden index	Optimal cutoff value	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	95%CI	P value
Hemangioma thrombosis	0.611	0.223	1	59.02	63.24	0.521-0.696	< 0.001
PAR > 6.35	0.628	0.257	1	63.93	61.76	0.539-0.712	0.003
NAR > 0.13	0.691	0.381	1	70.49	67.65	0.603-0.769	< 0.001
CT report lymph nodes (+)	0.671	0.342	1	60.66	73.53	0.583-0.751	< 0.001
Model 1	0.758	0.402	0.511	47.54	92.65	0.675-0.829	< 0.001
Model 2	0.690	0.304	0.491	37.70	92.65	0.602-0.768	< 0.001
Model 3	0.830	0.512	0.435	83.61	67.65	0.753-0.890	< 0.001

AUC: Area under the curve; PAR: Platelet-albumin ratio; NAR: Neutrophil-albumin ratio; CT: Computed tomography.