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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thromb Res. 2023 Jul 20;229:198–208. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2023.07.011

Table 5:

Prediction of functional assay positivity across anti-PF4/heparin antibody level thresholds

Anti-
PF4/heparin
IgG OD
Threshold
Sensitivity Specificity False
Negatives
False Positives
0.4 (McMaster) 1 0.785 0 516
0.4 (Greifswald) 0.946 0.562 65 1451
0.4 (Tours) 1 0.555 0 283
 
1.0 (McMaster) 0.923 0.954 31 111
1.0 (Greifswald) 0.784 0.887 260 375
1.0 (Tours) 0.979 0.794 4 131
 
1.5 (McMaster) 0.825 0.982 70 43
1.5 (Greifswald) 0.549 0.966 543 112
1.5 (Tours) 0.892 0.893 21 68
 
2.0 (McMaster) 0.568 0.994 173 14
2.0 (Greifswald) 0.3865 0.989 738 36
2.0 (Tours) 0.763 0.962 46 24
 
2.5 (McMaster) 0.288 0.998 285 4
2.5 (Greifswald) 0.192 0.997 972 10
2.5 (Tours) 0.516 0.992 94 5
 
3.0 (McMaster) 0.025 1 390 0
3.0 (Greifswald) 0.0216 1 1177 0
3.0 (Tours) 0.227 0.997 150 2

Specificity and sensitivity calculated for optical density values in each cohort, including OD values currently implemented in HIT guidelines as demarcating for classifying patients as HIT negative (OD<0.4 units) or HIT positive (OD>2.0 units) in the absence of functional assay results. False negative and positive values are absolute counts for each cohort.