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. 2011 May 24;268(12):1837–1844. doi: 10.1007/s00405-011-1628-5

Table 4.

Comparison of the water swallow test

WST WSTSST
Sn Sp PPV NPV Sn Sp PPV NPV
All (%) 70.7 95.2 93.5 62.5 60.6 89.5 92.8 50
NNEU (%) 71.4 100 100 66.7 57.1 100 100 57.1
NEU (%) 70.3 92.3 95 60 62.1 81.8 90 45

NEU neurology group, NNEU non-neurology group, WST water swallow test, WST SST saliva and water swallow test, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value, Sn sensitivity, Sp specificity