Table 7 Actual patterns of specimens ≤ 9 glomeruli considered histologically classifiable with the same degree of accuracy as cases ≥ 10 glomeruli.
Number of all glomeruli | Number of glomeruli with lesions | Posttest probability (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Actual distribution | Reclassified distribution | Equal distribution | ||
2 | 0 | 81#1 | 84#1 | 58#1 |
3 | 0 | 86#1 | 89#1 | 69#1 |
4 | 0 | 90#1 | 92#1 | 77#1 |
5 | 0 | 92#1 | 94#1 | 83#1 |
6 | 0 | 94#1 | 96#1 | 87#1 |
7 | 0 | 96#1 | 97#1 | 90#1 |
8 | 0 | 97#1 | 98#1 | 93#1 |
9 | 0 | 98#1 | 98#1 | 95#1 |
9 | 9 | 90#4 | 91#4 | 95#4 |
