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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Dec 7;216(2):201–209. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.10.018

Table 4. Diagnostic Characteristics of Kinetic Growth Rate, Degree of Hypertrophy, and Standardized Future Liver Remnant Volume to Predict Postoperative Hepatic Insufficiency.

KGR <2.0% per wk DH <7.5% sFLR <30%
Sensitivity, n (%) 8/8 (100) 7/8 (88) 7/8 (88)
Specificity, n (%) 70/99 (71) 71/99 (72) 55/99 (56)
PPV, n (%) 8/37 (22) 7/35 (20) 7/51 (14)
NPV, n (%) 70/70 (100) 71/72 (99) 55/56 (98)
Accuracy, n (%) 87/107 (81) 78/107 (73) 62/107 (58)
LR+ 3.4 3.1 2.0
LR− 0.0 0.2 0.2

KGR, kinetic growth rate; DH, degree of hypertrophy; sFLR, standardized future liver remnant volume; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LR+, likelihood ratio for positive test; LR−, likelihood ratio for negative test.