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. 2013 Jan 28;19(4):503–510. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i4.503

Table 3.

Sensitivity and specificity of the case definitions1 n (%)

Development set
Validation set
Sensitive definition Specific definition Sensitive definition Specific definition
Sensitivity 90 (90) 38 (38) 88 (88) 21 (21)
Specificity 60 (60) 97 (97) 80 (80) 96 (96)

1Sensitivity: Number of true positive eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) cases identified by the case definition divided by the total number of reference standard EoE cases; Specificity: Number of true negative subjects identified by the case definition divided by the total number of subjects without EoE.