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. 2009 Sep 23;16(11):1576–1582. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00205-09

TABLE 6.

Sensitivities of high Ab levels for detecting positive biopsy results

Assay High Ab cutoff No. of cases No. of true positivesa Sensitivity (%)
tTG-IgA Celikey 50 U/ml 42 40 95.2
tTG-IgA Immulite 2000 40 U/ml 48 45 93.7
EMA 1/160 57 54 94.7
DGP (IgG+IgA) screen 60 U 56 52 92.8
tTG-IgG Celikey 10 U/ml 48 47 97.9
a

True positives for partial, subtotal, and total villous atrophy.