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. 2023 Mar 20;13(2):28–36. doi: 10.4103/jwas.jwas_276_22

Table 8.

Measures of accuracy of CNB techniques

Measures of accuracy Palpation-guided CNB Ultrasound-guided CNB


% N % N
Sensitivity 92.9 14 100 15
Specificity 100 23 100 31
P = 0.483
PPV 100 13 100 15
NPV 95.7 23 100 31
P = 0.463
FPR 0 13 0 15
FNR 4.2 24 0 31
P = 0.463
LR 40.9 58.1

FPR = false positive rate, FNR = false negative rate, LR = likelihood ratio, NPV = negative predictive value, PPV = positive predictive value