Table 2.
Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of cutaneous allodynia, myofascial trigger points, and reduced pain thresholds among women with visceral and somatic pain.
| Visceral | Somatic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal cutaneous allodynia | Yes | 41 | 3 | Sensitivity | 0.66 |
| Specificity | 0.84 | ||||
| No | 21 | 16 | PPV | 0.93 | |
| NPV | 0.43 | ||||
| P < 0.001 | |||||
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| Perineal cutaneous allodynia | Yes | 38 | 4 | Sensitivity | 0.61 |
| Specificity | 0.79 | ||||
| No | 24 | 15 | PPV | 0.91 | |
| NPV | 0.38 | ||||
| P = 0.001 | |||||
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| Abdominal trigger points | Yes | 41 | 3 | Sensitivity | 0.66 |
| Specificity | 0.84 | ||||
| No | 21 | 16 | PPV | 0.93 | |
| NPV | 0.43 | ||||
| P < 0.001 | |||||
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| Perineal trigger points | Yes | 44 | 10 | Sensitivity | 0.70 |
| Specificity | 0.47 | ||||
| No | 18 | 9 | PPV | 0.81 | |
| NPV | 0.33 | ||||
| NS | |||||
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| Reduced pain thresholds | Yes | 52 | 14 | Sensitivity | 0.83 |
| Specificity | 0.26 | ||||
| No | 10 | 5 | PPV | 0.79 | |
| NPV | 0.33 | ||||
| NS | |||||