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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug;118(2 Pt 1):280–288. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318224fce2

Table 5.

Distribution of Patients Into Low-Risk and High-Risk Groups: Benign Compared With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer and Low Malignant Potential Tumors

Menopausal
Status
Disease Low Risk* High Risk* Total Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Combined Benign 287 (75) 96 (25) 383 88.1 74.9 38.1 97.3
Cancer 8 (12) 59 (88) 67
Total 295 (66) 155(34) 450
Premenopausal Benign 173 (74) 60(26) 233 81.3 74.2 17.8 98.3
Cancer 3 (19) 13 (81) 16
Total 176 (71) 73 (29) 249
Postmenopausal Benign 114 (76) 36 (24) 150 90.2 76.0 56.1 95.8
Cancer 5 (10) 46 (90) 51
Total 119 (59) 82(41) 201

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

Data are n (%) unless otherwise specified.

*

Percentage of cases within the low-risk group and within the high-risk group.