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

Table S28.

Sensitivity and Specificity of ACC/AHA BP categories for caesarean

COMPARATOR
BP measured at <20 weeks Ref Sensitivity Specificity
‘ELEVATED BP’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal (<120/80mmHg) 0.16 [0.08, 0.30] 0.87 [0.75, 0.94]
Bellad 0.07 [0.06, 0.08] 0.95 [0.95, 0.95]
Qureshi 0.18 [0.16, 0.20] 0.86 [0.85, 0.87]
Rosner 0.37 [0.28, 0.46] 0.72 [0.66, 0.77]
Sevene 0.11 [0.04, 0.25] 0.89 [0.86, 0.91]
‘STAGE 1 HYPERTENSION’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal + ElevatedBP (<130/80mmHg) 0.16 [0.09, 0.26] 0.89 [0.82, 0.94]
Bellad 0.04 [0.04, 0.05] 0.97 [0.97, 0.98]
Bello 0.23 [0.22, 0.23] 0.86 [0.86, 0.86]
Darwin 0.26 [0.24, 0.29] 0.83 [0.81, 0.84]
Duffy 0.25 [0.25, 0.26] 0.77 [0.77, 0.78]
Qureshi 0.11 [0.09, 0.12] 0.92 [0.91, 0.92]
Sabol 0.27 [0.25, 0.30] 0.83 [0.81, 0.84]
Sevene 0.01 [0.00, 0.11] 0.94 [0.92, 0.95]
‘STAGE 2 HYPERTENSION’ (existing cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP +Stage 1 HTN (<140/90mmHg) 0.06 [0.03, 0.13] 0.97 [0.94, 0.99]
Bellad 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] 1.00 [0.99, 1.00]
Bello 0.08 [0.08, 0.09] 0.96 [0.96, 0.97]
Darwin 0.17 [0.15, 0.20] 0.91 [0.89, 0.92]
Qureshi 0.08 [0.01, 0.48] 0.99 [0.99, 0.99]
Rosner 0.07 [0.03, 0.13] 0.95 [0.91, 0.97]
Sabol 0.16 [0.14, 0.18] 0.92 [0.91, 0.93]
Sevene 0.01 [0.00, 0.11] 0.98 [0.97, 0.99]

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