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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jun;55(2):418–423. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31825109f6

Table 2.

Diagnostic properties of multiple marker tests in predicting ectopic pregnancy

Source Biomarkers Sensitivity Specificity
Soriano et al 200315 IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-alpha 52.9% 100%
Mueller et al 200416 [VEGF/(PAPP-A X P)] 97.7% 92.4%
Rausch et al 20119 progesterone, VEGF, inhibin A, activin A 98% 100%*
*

only in those that could be characterized (42% of the sample)