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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2009 Sep 10;116(12):2305–2314.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.05.025

Table 5.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Diagnostic Parameters

Threshold 5th percentile 1st percentile
parameter Sensitivity
(PG)
Sensitivity
(PPG)
Specificity Sensitivity
(PG)
Sensitivity
(PPG)
Specificity
RTVue FD-OCT
GCC-AVG 0.61 (0.05) 0.34 (0.06) 0.95 (0.02) 0.43 (0.05) 0.13 (0.04) 0.99 (0.01)
GCC-FLV 0.72 (0.05) 0.30 (0.05) 0.95 (0.02) 0.36 (0.05) 0.04 (0.03) 0.99 (0.01)
GCC-GLV 0.63 (0.06) 0.33 (0.06) 0.95 (0.02) 0.46 (0.05) 0.11 (0.03) 0.98 (0.01)
GCC-PCV 0.6 (0.05) 0.17 (0.05) 0.97 (0.02) 0.41 (0.05) 0.05 (0.03) 0.98 (0.01)
GCC-SID 0.28 (0.04) 0.09 (0.04) 0.94 (0.02) 0.16 (0.04) 0.94 (0.02) 0.99 (0.01)
MR-AVG 0.36 (0.05) 0.2 (0.06) 0.97 (0.02) 0.14 (0.04) 0.01 (0.01) 1 (0)
Stratus TD-OCT
NFL-AVG 0.75 (0.04) 0.39 (0.06) 0.97 (0.02) 0.6 (0.05) 0.3 (0.06) 0.98 (0.02)
MR-AVG 0.37 (0.05) 0.26 (0.06) 0.97 (0.02) 0.21 (0.05) 0.05 (0.03) 0.99 (0.01)

Abbreviation: PPG = pre-perimetric glaucoma; PG = perimetric glaucoma; GCC = ganglion ceil complex thickness; AVG = average; FLV (%) = focal loss volume expressed as a percentage of the average GCC volume in the normal group; GLV = global loss volume; PCV = pattern coefficient of variation; SID = superior - inferior difference; MR = macular retina thickness; NFL = nerve fiber layer thickness; FD-OCT: Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography; TD-OCT: time-domain optical coherence tomography