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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2012 Apr 3;110(2):183–189. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.02.066

Table 4.

The summary of diagnostic accuracies (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value) with 95% confidence interval of lesion scores for the prediction of acute coronary syndrome at various cutpoints.

Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Score A
≥ 1 71% [48–89] 69% [29–91] 79% [54–94] 60% [32–84]
= 2 38% [18–62] 92% [64–100] 89% [52–100] 48% [25–69]
Score B
≥ 1 86% [64–97] 62% [32–86] 78% [56–96] 73% [39–94]
≥ 2 57% [34–78] 92% [64–100] 92% [64–100] 57% [34–78]
= 3 29% [11–52] 100% [75–100] 100% [54–100] 46% [28–66]
Score C
≥ 1 86% [64–97] 54% [25–81] 75% [53–90] 70% [35–93]
≥ 2 71% [48–89] 85% [55–98] 88% [64–99] 65% [38–86]
≥ 3 48% [26–70] 100% [75–100] 100% [69–100] 54% [33–74]
= 4 24% [8–47] 100% [75–100] 100% [48–100] 45% [26–64]

NPV – negative predictive value

PPV – positive predictive value