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Table 2 Prediction of hypotension after induction of anesthesia by receiver operating characteristic curves of the carotid artery FTc and ΔVpeak

From: Carotid artery corrected flow time and respiratory variations of peak blood flow velocity for prediction of hypotension after induction of general anesthesia in elderly patients

Parameter

Area under the ROC curve (95% CI)

P

Optimal cutoff value

Gray zone

Patients in gray zone (%)

Sensitivity (%)(95% CI)

Specificity (%)(95% CI)

Youden Index J

Carotid artery FTc (ms)

0.87(0.78 to 0.93)

< 0.001

379.1

362.3 to 378.1

25(25.3)

72.2 (54.8 to 85.8)

93.7(84.5 to 98.2)

0.659

ΔVpeak (%)

0.67(0.56 to 0.76)

0.003

7.5

3.7 to 9.1

62 (62.6)

55.6 (42.5 to 68.1)

75.0(57.8 to 87.9)

0.306

  1. ROC Receiver operating characteristic