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Table 4 Confidence intervals for the net benefits using bootstrap methods.

From: Extensions to decision curve analysis, a novel method for evaluating diagnostic tests, prediction models and molecular markers

Threshold

Net benefit

Point Estimate

Bootstrap Mean

Bootstrap confidence interval

 

For:

 

(2000 replications)

2.5th percentile

97.5th percentile

15

All

0.1288

0.1288

0.0922

0.1669

 

Base

0.1288

0.1290

0.0922

0.1669

 

Full

0.1590

0.1613

0.1280

0.1955

 

Full vs All

0.0302

0.0325

0.0172

0.0490

 

Full vs Base

0.0302

0.0322

0.0170

0.0488

25

All

0.0126

0.0126

-0.0288

0.0559

 

Base

0.0748

0.0735

0.0432

0.1036

 

Full

0.1167

0.1214

0.0919

0.1522

 

Full vs All

0.1041

0.1088

0.0802

0.1369

 

Full vs Base

0.0419

0.0479

0.0257

0.0712

35

All

-0.1393

-0.1393

-0.1871

-0.0894

 

Base

0.0428

0.0410

0.0181

0.0662

 

Full

0.0940

0.0965

0.0652

0.1291

 

Full vs All

0.2333

0.2358

0.1990

0.2712

 

Full vs Base

0.0511

0.0555

0.0293

0.0836

60

All

-0.8514

-0.8513

-0.9291

-0.7703

 

Base

0.0149

0.0159

-0.0041

0.0378

 

Full

0.0547

0.0569

0.0331

0.0838

 

Full vs All

0.9061

0.9083

0.8345

0.9824

 

Full vs Base

0.0399

0.0410

0.0176

0.0676

80

All

-2.7027

-2.7026

-2.8581

-2.5405

 

Base

-0.0149

-0.0028

-0.0230

0.0243

 

Full

0.0189

0.0223

-0.0054

0.0527

 

Full vs All

2.7216

2.7249

2.5649

2.8757

 

Full vs Base

0.0338

0.0251

0.0000

0.0595