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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Jul 24;10(11):1278–1283. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.07.007

Table 3.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Elevated ALT for AAT Liver Disease

Lab Defined Normal ALT Strict Normal ALT
Sensitivity 11.9% 52.4%
Specificity 92.4% 51.0%
PPV 10% 7.0%
NPV 92.3% 93.8%
LR+ 1.57 1.07
LR− 0.95 0.93

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LR+, likehood ratio positive, LR −, Likehood ratio negative