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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2011 Feb;70(2):110–115. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31820565f9

Table 2.

Sensitivity and Specificity Values and Positive and Negative Predictive Values of Single and Combined Tests for the Diagnosis of WHO Grade II Diffuse Astrocytomas

p53 Mutant-specific
(R132H) IDH1
IDH1
SNaPshot
FISH (+7) Sensitivity
(%)
Specificity
(%)
PPV NPV
X 47.6 100 100 64.5
X 47.6 100 100 64.5
X 66.7 100 100 74
X 76.2 100 100 80
X X 71.4 100 100 76.9
X X 76.2 100 100 80
X X 80.9 100 100 83.3
X X 66.7 100 100 74
X X 95 100 100 95
X X 95 100 100 95
X X X 76.2 100 100 80
X X X 95 100 100 95
X X X 95 100 100 95
X X X 95 100 100 95
X X X X 95 100 100 95

X = test applied; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; FISH = fluorescence in situ hybridization; IDH1 = isocitrate dehydrogenase.