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Table 2 Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for Pectoral Mass Parameters

From: Pectoral muscle mass is not a robust prognostic factor for survival after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation

Variable

1-Year Mortality

3-Year Mortality

 

AUC

p-value*

AUC

p-value*

PMI

0.548

0.28

0.526

0.38

Pectoralis major area

0.561

0.23

0.544

0.30

Pectoralis minor area

0.532

0.35

0.522

0.40

Pectoralis major HU

0.601

0.11

0.567

0.21

Pectoralis minor HU

0.605

0.10

0.598

0.12

  1. Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for Pectoral Mass Parameters
  2. PMI Pectoral muscle index, HU Hounsfield unit
  3. *Mann–Whitney-U-Test (Null-hypothesis, AUC = 0.5)
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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