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. 2011 Dec;20(12):1825–1831. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2011.2729

Table 4.

Diagnostic Indices and Predictive Values of PopBayes Based on Bayesian Filtering for Prediction of Preterm Delivery

 
<37 weeks
<34 weeks
<32 weeks
Preterm deliverya For patientsb For doctorsc For patientsb For doctorsc For patientsb For doctorsc
Match 81.6 (426/522) 82.0 (428/522) 78.7 (411/522) 84.7 (442/522) 88.3 (461/522) 94.3 (492/522)
Mismatch 18.4 (96/522) 18.0 (94/522) 21.3 (111/522) 15.3 (80/522) 11.7 (61/522) 5.8 (30/522)
Sensitivity 66.7 (64/96) 68.8 (66/96) 57.1 (16/38) 57.1 (16/38) 50.0 (7/14) 64.3 (9/14)
Specificity 85.0 (362/426) 85.0 (362/426) 80.0 (395/494) 86.2 (426/494) 89.4 (454/508) 95.1 (483/508)
Positive predictive value 50.0 (64/128) 50.8 (66/130) 14.0 (16/115) 19.0 (16/84) 11.5 (7/61) 26.5 (9/34)
Negative predictive value 91.9 (32/394) 92.4 (30/392) 97.1 (395/407) 97.3 (426/438) 98.5 (454/461) 99.0 (483/488)
a

Data are given as percentage (n/N).

b

Sociodemographic data, including maternal age, BMI (body weight and height), parity, history of prior preterm birth, maternal and paternal education, occupation, income, and active and passive smoking, were included in analysis.

c

In addition to sociodemographic data, cervical length, fetal fibronectin, and genetic analysis (PON1) were added to analysis for further counseling with a maternal-fetal medicine specialist.