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. 2024 Apr 4;10(2):e004044. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-004044

Table 4.

Diagnostic accuracy of the individual radiologists’ evaluation of radiographs and MRIs of sacroiliac in relation to the availability of clinical information

Reader 1 without CI Reader 1 with CI Reader 2 without CI Reader 2 with CI Reader 3 without CI Reader 3 with CI
Radiographs of sacroiliac joints
Precision 76.2% 76.2% 63.4% 64.4% 63.4% 77.2%
Sensitivity 63.6% 56.4% 54.6% 50.9% 38.2% 61.8%
Specificity 91.3% 100% 73.9% 80.4% 93.5% 95.7%
ppV 89.7% 100% 71.4% 75.7% 87.5% 94.4%
npV 67.7% 65.7% 57.6% 57.8% 55.84% 67.7%
Radiologists’ confidence M (SD) 5.3 (1.9) 5.9 (2.2) 4.6 (1.9) 4.8 (2.1) 5.9 (3.3) 7.2 (2.4)
Radiographs and MRI of sacroiliac joints
Precision 79.8% 81.8% 76.8% 77.8% 82.8% 83.8%
Sensitivity 72.4% 72.4% 79.3% 74.1% 72.4% 72.4%
Specificity 90.2% 95.1% 73.2% 82.9% 97.6% 100%
ppV 91.3% 95.5% 80.7% 86.0% 97.7% 100%
npV 69.8% 71.4% 71.4% 70.9% 69.4% 71.9%
Radiologists’ confidence M (SD) 6.5 (1.5) 6.0 (2.1) 7.4 (2.9) 6.9 (2.1) 5.9 (2.1) 8.8 (2.4)

.M, mean; npv, positive negative value; ppV, positive predictive Value.