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. 2010 Nov;5(11):2046–2052. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03550410

Table 4.

Disease-specific measures of validity

Cases (Biopsy) Cases (Form 2728) Sensitivity 95% CI PPV 95% CI FP Rate 95% CI
Individual disease
    Wegener granulomatosis 10 8 0.30 0.07, 0.65 0.38 0.09, 0.76 0.02 0.01, 0.06
    lupus erythematosus 30 8 0.27 0.12, 0.46 1.00 0.63, 1.00 0.00 0.00, 0.02
    FSGS 38 11 0.26 0.13, 0.43 0.91 0.59, 1.00 0.01 0.00, 0.03
    membranous nephropathy 27 5 0.19 0.06, 0.38 1.00 0.48, 1.00 0.00 0.00, 0.02
    amyloidosis 16 2 0.13 0.02, 0.38 1.00 0.16, 1.00 0.00 0.00, 0.02
Disease categories
    GN 76 50 0.37 0.26, 0.49 0.56 0.41, 0.70 0.16 0.10, 0.23
    neoplasms/tumors 23 4 0.17 0.05, 0.39 1.00 0.40, 1.00 0.00 0.00, 0.02
    secondary GN/vasculitis 108 19 0.17 0.10, 0.24 0.95 0.74, 1.00 0.01 0.00, 0.05