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. 2011 Dec 9;25(4):537–547. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.188

Table 1. Sensitivity and specificity of immunohistochemistry with CI; sensitivity is defined as the proportion of follicular carcinoma patients who expressed the marker in tumor, and specificity as the proportion of patients with follicular adenoma, who did not express the marker31.

  Sensitivity 95% CI Specificity 95% CI
(a) In-house cases
 DDIT3 1.00 0
 STT3Ap 1.00 0
 STT3Am 1.00 0
 ARG2 0.40 0.29–0.64 0.80 0.55–0.93
 FAM129Ap 0.87 0.62–0.96 0.40 0.20–0.64
 FAM129Am 0.33 0.15–0.58 0.87 0.62–0.96
         
(b) Tissue microarray cases
 DDIT3 1.00 0.24 0.11–0.45
 STT3Ap 1.00 0.14 0.05–0.35
 STT3Am 1.00 0.19 0.08–0.40
 ARG2 0.12 0.02–0.47 0.90 0.71–0.97
 FAM129Ap 1.00 0.19 0.08–0.40

Abbreviation: CI, confidence intervals.