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. 2009 Jan;20(1):205–212. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2008050507

Table 2.

Performance characteristics of ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria for type 1 and 2 ADPKD in at-risk individuals between 30 and 59 yr of agea

Age Group (yr) Diagnostic Criterion Disease Subtype Sensitivity Specificity NPV PPV Accuracy
30 to 39 ≥2 cysts in each kidney PKD1 0.933 (0.870 to 0.985) 1.000 0.954 (0.913 to 0.990) 1.000 0.972 (0.946 to 0.994)
PKD2 0.758 (0.630 to 0.875) 1.000 0.816 (0.719 to 0.908) 1.000 0.883 (0.813 to 0.943)
≥1 renal cyst PKD1 1.000 0.960 (0.917 to 0.991) 1.000 0.948 (0.894 to 0.988) 0.977 (0.952 to 0.995)
PKD2 0.967 (0.905 to 1.000) 0.938 (0.862 to 1.000) 0.968 (0.911 to 1.000) 0.935 (0.860 to 1.000) 0.952 (0.906 to 0.990)
≥2 renal cystsb PKD1 0.982 (0.948 to 1.000) 0.987 (0.951 to 1.000) 0.987 (0.961 to 1.000) 0.982 (0.943 to 1.000) 0.985 (0.963 to 1.000)
PKD2 0.949 (0.880 to 1.000) 0.979 (0.930 to 1.000) 0.954 (0.889 to 1.000) 0.977 (0.927 to 1.000) 0.965 (0.925 to 0.991)
≥3 renal cystsb PKD1 0.966 (0.914 to 1.000) 1.000 0.976 (0.940 to 1.000) 1.000 0.986 (0.964 to 1.000)
PKD2 0.949 (0.882 to 1.000) 1.000 0.954 (0.889 to 1.000) 1.000 0.975 (0.941 to 1.000)
40 to 59 ≥2 cysts in each kidney PKD1 0.926 (0.825 to 1.000) 1.000 0.975 (0.941 to 1.000) 1.000 0.981 (0.955 to 1.000)
PKD2 0.888 (0.767 to 0.974) 1.000 0.923 (0.846 to 0.982) 1.000 0.952 (0.901 to 0.989)
≥1 renal cyst PKD1 1.000 0.939 (0.886 to 0.980) 1.000 0.845 (0.718 to 0.947) 0.954 (0.914 to 0.985)
PKD2 1.000 0.937 (0.857 to 1.000) 1.000 0.923 (0.829 to 1.000) 0.964 (0.920 to 1.000)
≥2 renal cystsb PKD1 1.000 0.984 (0.955 to 1.000) 1.000 0.955 (0.872 to 1.000) 0.988 (0.965 to 1.000)
PKD2 1.000 0.978 (0.925 to 1.000) 1.000 0.972 (0.909 to 1.000) 0.988 (0.958 to 1.000)
≥3 renal cystsb PKD1 1.000 0.985 (0.955 to 1.000) 1.000 0.957 (0.875 to 1.000) 0.988 (0.966 to 1.000)
PKD2 0.956 (0.872 to 1.000) 0.978 (0.929 to 1.000) 0.968 (0.911 to 1.000) 0.970 (0.900 to 1.000) 0.969 (0.927 to 1.000)
a

Data are means (95% CI). Accuracy of each test criterion was derived from 1000 bootstrap samples of the original data. The results in the 40- to 49- and 50- to 59-yr age groups were very similar and are combined into a single group.

b

Unilateral or bilateral.