Table 2

Logistic regression analysis

Protein
Area under the curve
Specificity (%)
Sensitivity (%)
P value

KLF17a
0.474
100
27.3
0.0912
COL6A1a
0.482
100
32.7
0.0743
GRWD1a
0.4903
100
35.1
0.0656
ASB-9
0.593
100
41.2
0.0112
SERAC1
0.642
100
47.1
0.0009
RELT
0.727
100
52.9
0.0001
Three combined
0.861
100
80
0.0001

Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve indicates the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers; the highest area = 1. aThese phage-expressed proteins showed no statistical significance in distinguishing patient samples from normal samples either individually or in combination.

Zhong et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R40   doi:10.1186/bcr2091