Table 9 Discriminatory capacity of decision support models used for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis expressed as areas under ROC curves (95% CI)
From: A hybrid decision support model to discover informative knowledge in diagnosing acute appendicitis
Pairwise comparison of ROC curves | Based on univariate analysis* | Based on multivariate analysis** | Based on multivariate analysis†|
|---|---|---|---|
Based on univariate analysis* | - | p < 0.01 (95% CI: 3.13-14.5) | p < 0.05 (95% CI, 1.54-13.1) |
Based on multivariate analysis** | p < 0.01 (95% CI, 3.13-14.5) | - | p = 0.400 (95% CI, -2.0-5.02) |
Based on multivariate analysis†| p < 0.05 (95% CI, 1.54-13.1) | p = 0.400 (95% CI, -2.0-5.02) | - |