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. 2023 Apr;228(4):418–429.e34. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.10.004

Table S10.

Sensitivity and Specificity of ACC/AHA BP categories for perinatal death

COMPARATOR
BP measured at <20 weeks Ref Sensitivity Specificity
‘ELEVATED BP’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal (<120/80mmHg) 0.20 [0.11, 0.33] 0.85 [0.74, 0.92]
Bellad 0.07 [0.05, 0.10] 0.95 [0.95, 0.95]
Greenberg 0.40 [0.30, 0.50] 0.72 [0.71, 0.72]
Qureshi 0.20 [0.17, 0.23] 0.86 [0.85, 0.87]
Reddy 0.25 [0.17, 0.34] 0.74 [0.73, 0.74]
Sevene 0.13 [0.06, 0.25] 0.89 [0.86, 0.91]
‘STAGE 1 HYPERTENSION’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP (<130/80mmHg) 0.12 [0.07, 0.20] 0.92 [0.86, 0.96]
Bellad 0.05 [0.04, 0.07] 0.97 [0.97, 0.98]
Greenberg 0.23 [0.16, 0.32] 0.86 [0.85, 0.86]
Qureshi 0.13 [0.11, 0.16] 0.92 [0.91, 0.92]
Reddy 0.14 [0.09, 0.22] 0.86 [0.86, 0.87]
Sutton 2020 0.09 [0.03, 0.20] 0.94 [0.92, 0.96]
‘STAGE 2 HYPERTENSION’ (existing cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP + Stage 1 HTN (<140/90mmHg) 0.04 [0.02, 0.08] 0.99 [0.96, 0.99]
Bellad 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] 1.00 [0.99, 1.00]
Greenberg 0.14 [0.08, 0.22] 0.93 [0.93, 0.94]
Qureshi 0.02 [0.02, 0.04] 0.99 [0.99, 0.99]
Reddy 0.02 [0.01, 0.07] 0.99 [0.98, 0.99]
Sevene 0.04 [0.01, 0.14] 0.98 [0.97, 0.99]

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