Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of colon cancer with the nearest centroid classifier based on the levels of 10, 25, 50, 100 or 206 metabolites.
From: Metabolite profiling of human colon carcinoma – deregulation of TCA cycle and amino acid turnover
number of metabolites in the classifier | sensitivity | specificity |
|---|---|---|
10 | 96% | 94% |
25 | 96% | 89% |
50 | 93% | 94% |
100 | 93% | 100% |
206 | 93% | 94% |