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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2006 Aug 16;131(4):1064–1072. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.08.021

Table 4.

Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value, and Negative Predictive Value of Cytology, DIA, and FISH for the Detection of Malignancy by Stricture Classification

NON PSC PATIENTS SENSITIVITY (95% CI) SPECIFICITY (95% CI) PPV* (95% CI) NPV (95% CI)
PROXIMAL
Cytology (positive or suspicious) 9% (0.01, 0.30) 100% (0.71, 1) 100% (0.16, 1) 37% (0.20, 0.56)
 Positive 4% (0.001, 0.24) 100% (0.71, 1) 100% (-) 35% (0.19, 0.55)
 Suspicious 4% (0.001, 0.24) 100% (0.71, 1) 100% (-) 35% (0.19, 0.55)
DIA (aneuploid or tetraploid) 30% (0.12, 0.54) 90% (0.55, 1) 86% (0.42, 1) 39% (0.20, 0.61)
 Tetraploid 5% (0.001, 0.25) 100% (0.69, 1) 100% (-) 34% (0.18, 0.54)
 Aneuploid 25% (0.09, 0.49) 90% (0.55, 1) 83% (0.36, 0.99) 37% (0.19, 0.59)
FISH (polysomy or trisomy) 63% (0.38, 0.84) 100% (0.66, 1) 100% (0.73, 1) 56% (0.30, 0.80)
 FISH polysomy 31% (0.12, 0.56) 100% (0.66, 1) 100% (0.54, 1) 41% (0.21, 0.64)
 FISH trisomy 31% (0.12, 0.56) 100% (0.66, 1) 100% (0.54, 1) 41% (0.21, 0.64)
DISTAL
Cytology (positive or suspicious) 41% (0.29, 0.54) 96% (0.86, 0.99) 93% (0.77, 0.99) 54% (0.43, 0.65)
 Positive 20% (0.11, 0.31) 100% (0.93, 1) 100% (0.75, 1) 47% (0.37, 0.58)
 Suspicious 21% (0.12, 0.33) 96% (0.86, 0.99) 87% (0.62, 0.98) 47% (0.37, 0.57)
DIA (aneuploid or tetraploid) 49% (0.36, 0.62) 98% (0.88, 1) 97% (0.84, 1) 57% (0.45, 0.69)
 Tetraploid 16% (0.08, 0.27) 100% (0.92, 1) 100% (0.69, 1) 45% (0.35, 0.56)
 Aneuploid 33% (0.22, 0.46) 98% (0.88, 1) 95% (0.77, 1) 50% (0.39, 0.62)
FISH (polysomy or trisomy) 59% (0.46, 0.71) 92% (0.80, 0.98) 90% (0.77, 0.97) 63% (0.50, 0.74)
 FISH polysomy 48% (0.35, 0.60) 100% (0.93, 1) 100% (0.88, 1) 59% (0.48, 0.70)
 FISH trisomy 11% (0.04, 0.21) 92% (0.80, 0.98) 64% (0.31, 0.89) 44% (0.34, 0.54)
PSC PATIENTS
Cytology (positive or suspicious) 41% (0.18, 0.67) 97% (0.90, 1) 78% (0.40, 0.97) 87% (0.77, 0.93)
 Positive 18% (0.04, 0.43) 100% (0.95, 1) 100% (0.29, 1) 83% (0.73, 0.90)
 Suspicious 23% (0.07, 0.50) 97% (0.90, 1) 67% (0.22, 0.96) 83% (0.73, 0.91)
DIA (aneuploid or tetraploid) 43% (0.18, 0.71) 87% (0.76, 0.94) 43% (0.18, 0.71) 87% (0.76, 0.94)
 Tetraploid 14% (0.02, 0.43) 95% (0.86, 0.99) 40% (0.05, 0.85) 83% (0.72, 0.91)
 Aneuploid 28% (0.08, 0.58) 92% (0.82, 0.97) 44% (0.14, 0.79) 85% (0.74, 0.92)
FISH (polysomy or trisomy 7or 3) 70% (0.44, 0.90) 86% (0.75, 0.93) 57% (0.34, 0.78) 92% (0.82, 0.97)
 FISH polysomy 47% (0.23, 0.72) 100% (0.94, 1) 100% (0.63, 1) 88% (0.78, 0.94)
 FISH trisomy 23% (0.07, 0.50) 86% (0.75, 0.93) 31% (0.09, 0.61) 81% (0.69, 0.89)
*

PPV= positive predictive value

CI denotes 95% confidence interval

NPV= negative predictive value

(-) = insufficient number of patients to calculate 95% CI

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