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. 2010 Jan 5;102(3):482–488. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605509

Table 6. Performance of the Revised Bethesda Guidelines (2004) and accuracy of the Amsterdam II criteria against the molecular tumour analyses.

  Molecular tumour analyses
 
  Lynch syndrome likely Lynch syndrome not likely  
Revised Bethesda Guidelines (RBG)
 Positive 6 81 87
 Negative 6 243 249
  12 324 336
       
Amsterdam II criteria (AM II)
 Positive 3 5 8
 Negative 9 319 328
  12 324 336

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; PPV=positive predictive value.

RBG: Sensitivity 50% (95% CI, 21–79%); specificity 75% (95% CI, 70–80%), PPV 7% (95% CI, 3–14%).

AM II: Sensitivity 25% (95% CI, 6–57%), specificity 98% (95% CI, 96–99%), PPV 38% (95% CI, 9–76%).