Table 4 Performance of testing

From: Routine blood investigations have limited utility in surveillance of aggressive lymphoma in asymptomatic patients in complete remission

 

All tests

FBE

LDH (NHL)

ESR (HL)

Sensitivity

0.42

(31–52)a

0.46

(35–57)

0.28

(15–44)

0.39

(17–64)

Specificity

0.87

(86–89)

0.75

(73–76)

0.89

(87–90)

0.86

(82–89)

PPV

0.09

(7–13)

0.05

(4–7)

0.08

(4–13)

0.11

(5–22)

NPV

0.98

(87–93)

0.98

(97–98)

0.97

(96–98)

0.97

(94–99)

  1. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value.
  2. a 95% confidence interval
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