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. 2012 Dec;50(12):3886–3892. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02109-12

TABLE 5.

PPV, NPV, sensitivity, and specificity of IRRDR sequence heterogeneity on the likelihood of achieving SVR and non-SVR in HCV-4 infection

Factor PPV NPV Sensitivityc Specificityd
IRRDR ≥ 4 81% (21/26)a 84% (21/25)
IRRDR ≤ 3 76% (13/17)b 72% (13/18)
a

P = 0.002.

b

P = 0.02.

c

Proportion of SVR patients who were infected with HCV isolates with IRRDR of ≥4.

d

Proportion of non-SVR patients who were infected with HCV isolates with IRRDR of ≤3.