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. 2012 Jul;5(4):249–260. doi: 10.1177/1756283X12437874

Table 4.

Area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristics curve, sensitivity and specificity for the SmartPill colonic transit time and whole gut transit time, and day 5 radiopaque markers.

Parameter Area under the curve (95% CI) Cutoff value Sensitivity Specificity
Colonic transit time 0.73 (0.65–0.82) All subjects 59 h 0.46 0.95
Men 44 h 0.50 0.90
Women 59 h 0.46 0.92
Whole gut transit time 0.76 (0.68–0.84) All subjects 73 h 0.42 0.95
Men 52 h 0.63 0.90
Women 73 h 0.41 0.92
Day 5 radiopaque marker 0.71 (0.63–0.78) All subjects >5 markers 0.37 0.95

Adapted from Rao et al. [2009]. CI, confidence interval.