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

Table S20.

Sensitivity and Specificity of ACC/AHA BP categories for eclampsia

COMPARATOR
BP measured at <20 weeks Ref Sensitivity Specificity
‘ELEVATED BP’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal (<120/80 mmHg) 0.23 [0.08, 0.52] 0.89 [0.75, 0.94]
Bellad 0.04 [0.01, 0.16] 0.95 [0.94, 0.95]
Greenberg 0.52 [0.35, 0.68] 0.72 [0.71, 0.72]
Qureshi 0.50 [0.17, 0.83] 0.85 [0.84, 0.86]
Sevene 0.50 [0.05, 0.95] 0.88 [0.85, 0.90]
‘STAGE 1 HYPERTENSION’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP (<130/80mmHg) 0.23 [0.11, 0.42] 0.91 [0.82, 0.96]
Bellad 0.25 [0.24, 0.26] 0.84 [0.84, 0.84]
Greenberg 0.39 [0.24, 0.56] 0.86 [0.85, 0.86]
Duffy 0.32 [0.26, 0.38] 0.77 [0.76, 0.77]
Qureshi 0.50 [0.17, 0.83] 0.91 [0.90, 0.92]
Sevene 0.50 [0.05, 0.95] 0.94 [0.92, 0.95]
‘STAGE 2 HYPERTENSION’ (existing cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP +Stage 1 HTN (<140/90mmHg) 0.13 [0.04, 0.34] 0.98 [0.95, 0.99]
Bellad 0.04 [0.01, 0.16] 0.99 [0.99, 1.00]
Greenberg 0.36 [0.22, 0.53] 0.93 [0.93, 0.94]
Qureshi 0.10 [0.01, 0.54] 0.99 [0.99, 0.99]
Sevene 0.50 [0.05, 0.95] 0.98 [0.97, 0.99]

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