Table 2

Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) (95% CI) and detection rates for the combined data

AUROC for combined studiesDetection rate for 5% false-positiveDetection rate for 10% false-positive
Externally weighted gene score0.524 (0.508 to 0.541)6.8% (5.5 to 8.1)13.1% (11.3 to 14.8)
QRISK-20.635 (0.619 to 0.650)11.9% (10.3 to 13.6)21.2% (19.1 to 23.3)
QRISK-2+
Externally weighted gene score
0.623 (0.608 to 0.639)
p=0.06*
12.0% (10.3 to 13.6)19.6% (17.5 to 21.6)
  • *p Value derived from the comparison with QRISK-2 alone, estimated difference (95% CI)=−0.008 (−0.017 to 0.000).