Table 7 Sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) of the four methods with 95% confidence interval at the pre-determined thresholds.
> 2.3 SUVmax | > 0.3 SUVRpit | > 3 SUVRsss | > 62.6 SUVRnorm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | 98.2% (94.8–99.5) | 79.5% (72.7–85.0) | 86.7% (80.8–91.1) | 80.6% (73.9–85.9) |
Specificity | 56.1% (41.0–70.1) | 87.8% (74.5–94.7) | 80.5% (66.0–89.8) | 70.7% (55.5–82.4) |
PPV | 90.1% (84.8–93.6) | 96.4% (91.7–98.4) | 94.7% (90.0–97.3) | 91.7% (86.1–95.2) |
NPV | 88.5% (71.0–96.0) | 51.4% (40.0–62.8) | 60.0% (46.8–71.9) | 47.5% (35.5–59.8) |
Prevalence | 80.2% (166/207) | 80.2% (166/207) | 80.2% (166/207) | 80.2% (166/207) |
