Table 1 Sensitivity and specificity test results

From: Spectrally encoded confocal microscopy for diagnosing breast cancer in excision and margin specimens

 

SECM

Histology

P-value

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

Pathologist 1

0.91 (0.82–0.95)

0.96 (0.86–0.99)

1.00 (0.95–1.00)

0.96 (0.86–0.99)

0.01

1.00

 

0.89 (0.80–0.95)

0.92 (0.81–0.97)

0.99 (0.93–1.00)

0.96 (0.86–0.99)

0.01

0.41

Pathologist 2

0.89 (0.80–0.95)

0.98 (0.89–1.00)

0.85 (0.76–0.92)

1.00 (0.93–1.00)

0.46

0.31

 

0.95 (0.87–0.98)

0.92 (0.81–0.97)

0.99 (0.93–1.00)

1.00 (0.93–1.00)

0.17

0.046

Pathologist 3

0.91 (0.82–0.95)

0.92 (0.81–0.97)

0.96 (0.89–0.99)

1.00 (0.93–1.00)

0.17

0.046

 

0.92 (0.84–0.96)

0.88 (0.76–0.94)

0.95 (0.87–0.98)

0.98 (0.89–1.00)

0.51

0.06

Average

0.91

0.93

0.96

0.98

<0.01

<0.001

  1. SECM, spectrally encoded confocal microscopy.
  2. Numbers in parenthesis show lower and upper limits of 95% confidence interval. P-values <0.05 are highlighted by italic fonts.