Table 4

Performance of the assay for different histological types

Training*Validation, entire setValidation, agreement set
Histological type#Samples†% Correct‡#Samples†% Correct‡#Samples†§% Correct‡
Medullary5100 [48–100]3100 [29–100]1 (33.3%)100 [3–100]
PTC classic4894 [83–100]1788 [64–99]15 (88.2%)100 [78–100]
FVPTC4081 [65–92]3784 [68–94]23 (62.2%)96 [78–100]
FC1656 [30–80]367 [9–99]1 (33.3%)100 [3–100]
PDC5100 [48–100]1100 [3–100]0 (0%)NA
Papillary, other6100 [54–100]0NA0NA
FA9076 [66–84]9576 [66–84]82 (86.3%)82 [72–89]
Nodular hyperplasia4875 [60–86]2864 [44–81]23 (82.1%)74 [52–90]
CLT982 [44–99]540 [5–85]5 (100.0%)40 [5–85]
Total267189150
  • *Only indeterminate training samples are listed in the table. Estimates for the training performance are based on the mean of 10 10-fold cross-validation runs. Samples with very low expression in any of the classification steps, as well as medullary samples, are not included.

  • †Number of samples includes only those that passed quality control steps.

  • ‡95% CIs are in square brackets.

  • §Numbers in parentheses signify the percentage of test samples in the agreement set.

  • CLT, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis; FA, follicular adenoma; FC, follicular carcinoma; FVPTC, follicular variant of papillary carcinoma; NA, not applicable; PDC, poorly differentiated carcinoma.