Table 8 Actual patterns of specimens with more than 10 glomeruli considered histologically classifiable with a low degree of accuracy.

From: Histological classification of Japanese IgA nephropathy with a small number of glomeruli using Bayes’ theorem

Number of all glomeruli

Number of glomeruli with lesions

Posttest probability (%)

Actual distribution

Reclassified distribution

Equal distribution

10

3

54#1

50#1

61#1

10

6

56#2

56#2

63#2

11

5

65#1

63#1

57#1

13

4

60#1

57#1

67#1

15

8

49#2

49#2

58#2

19

5

52#1

48#1

61#1

  1. #1 is posttest probability for Grade I.
  2. #2 is posttest probability for Grade II.
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