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Table 4 Area under the receiver operator curve (AUROC) for diagnosis of concussion per biomarker

From: Blood biomarkers for mild traumatic brain injury: a selective review of unresolved issues

Marker

Study

Year

Study Size

Sampling

AUROC∗

 

Lead Author

 

(N)

Time (hrs)†

 

GFAP

Gill [71]

2018

277

0-48

0.93

 

Papa [17]

2019

452

0-4

0.76

 

Giza [83]

2021

167

0-6

0.75

 

Lewis [103]

2017

188

0-6

0.70

 

McCrea [31]

2020

206

0-6

0.68

 

Posti [81]

2017

44

0-24

0.63

 

Asken [79]

2018

29

0-4

0.63

 

McDonald [68]

2021

28

2 days

0.60

 

Meier [80]

2017

32

0-6

0.53

NF-L

McDonald [68]

2021

20‡

6 days

0.85

 

Gill [71]

2018

277

0-48

0.77

 

Giza [83]

2021

167

0-6

0.73

 

McCrea [31]

2020

206

0-6

0.56

 

Wallace [104]

2018

12

6 days

NS

S100B

Asken [79]

2018

29

0-4

0.75

 

Meier [80]

2017

32

0-6

0.72

 

Lewis [103]

2017

188

0-6

0.69

 

Shahim [85]

2014

35

0-1

0.67

 

Rogatzi [86]

2021

8

0-1

0.48

tau-T

Shahim [85]

2014

35

0-1

0.86

 

Asken [79]

2018

27

0-4

0.74

 

McDonald [68]

2021

20‡

13 days

0.72

 

Gill [71]

2018

277

0-48

0.68

 

McCrea [31]

2020

206

0-6

0.55

 

Giza [83]

2021

167

0-6

0.50

 

Wallace [104]

2018

11

6 days

NS

 

Wallace [104]

2019

11

14 days

NS

UCH-L1

Meier [80]

2017

32

0-6

0.74

 

Giza [83]

2021

167

0-6

0.73

 

McCrea [31]

2020

206

0-6

0.66

 

Lewis [103]

2017

188

0-6

0.65

 

Papa [17]

2019

452

0-4

0.65

 

Asken [79]

2018

26

0-4

0.62

 

McDonald [68]

2021

20‡

2 days

0.61

 

Posti [81]

2017

44

0-24

0.52

  1. ∗The bolded AUROC value are ≥0.80.
  2. †Times are in hours except where noted.
  3. ‡Concussed male football players only, NS for 8 females