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. 2010 Jul 8;5:14. doi: 10.1186/1749-7221-5-14

Table 3.

2-way contingency table comparing the radiological and clinical findings on one hand with intraoperative findings on the other hand.

P-value Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Root injuries on MRI

No Yes
Root injuries No 17 2
at operation Yes 2 13 <0.001 0.90
(0.76-0.96)
0.87
(0.70-0.95)
0.90
(0.76-0.96)
0.87
(0.70-0.95)

Root injuries suspected clinically

Root injuries No 7 12
at operation Yes 0 15 0.011 1
(0.69-1)
0.56
(0.48-0.56)
0.37
(0.25-0.37)
1
(0.86-1)

PPV indicates positive predictive value. NPV indicates negative predictive value