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. 2010 Jan 7;181(8):832–837. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200906-0959OC

TABLE 5.

POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE, SPECIFICITY, SENSITIVITY, AND NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE WHEN CLASSIFYING PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS BASED ON BEING AT LEAST AS OLD AS THE AGE INDICATED AND HAVING A HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY INTERSTITIAL SCORE AT LEAST AS HIGH AS INDICATED

Age HRCT Interstitial Score PPV Specificity Sensitivity NPV
30 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 72 0 100 NA
0.6 73 5 99 67
0.8 76 24 97 75
1.0 85 61 88 66
35 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 72 0 100 NA
0.6 74 11 98 67
0.8 82 50 92 70
1.0 90 79 73 54
40 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 72 0 100 NA
0.6 76 24 97 75
0.8 86 66 84 61
1.0 97 97 32 36
45 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 73 5 99 65
0.6 81 42 94 73
0.8 92 84 70 52
1.0 100 100 7 30
50 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 73 8 98 60
0.6 85 61 88 66
0.8 97 97 32 36
1.0 100 100 1 28
55 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 74 13 97 63
0.6 87 68 81 59
0.8 100 100 8 30
1.0 100 100 1 28
60 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 76 24 97 75
0.6 92 84 70 52
≥0.8 100 100 1 28
65 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 78 32 96 75
0.6 96 95 45 40
≥0.8 100 100 1 28
70 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 82 50 92 70
0.6 100 100 24 34
≥0.8 100 100 1 28
75 0.2 72 0 100 NA
0.4 85 61 88 66
0.6 100 100 7 30
≥0.8 100 100 1 28
80 0.2 0 0 100 NA
0.4 66 66 84 61
≥0.6 100 100 1 28

Definition of abbreviations: HRCT = high-resolution computed tomography; NA = not applicable; NPV = negative predictive value; PPV = positive predictive value.

Data expressed as percentages.