TABLE 1.

Studies comparing sensitivity and specificity in women and men

Noninvasive Test	Reference	Women		Men
		Sensitivity	Specificity	Sensitivity	Specificity
Exercise Treadmill	Miller, et al 2002 (45)	0.30	0.82	0.42	0.78
Stress Echo
Exercise Echo	Luotalahti, et al 1996(63)	0.77	0.80	0.96	0.60
Exercise Echo	Roger, et al 1997 (64)	0.79	0.37	0.78	0.44
Dobutamine Echo	Salustri et al 1992 (65)	0.83	0.75	0.48	0.86
Dobutamine Echo	Mazeika, et al, 1992 (66)	0.75	1.00	0.63	0.92
Dobutamine Echo	Marwick, et al, 1993(67)	0.55	0.75	0.75	0.88
Dobutamine Echo	Dionisopoulous, et al, 1997 (68)	0.90	0.79	0.85	0.96
Dobutamine Echo	Elhendy, et al, 1997 (69)	0.76	0.94	0.73	0.81
Dobutamine Echo	Seknus, et al 1997 (70)	0.78	0.55	0.88	0.46
Dobutamine Echo	Rollan, et al, 1999(71)	0.69	0.89	0.77	0.77
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI)
Exercise MPI	Kiat et al, 1990 (72)	1.00	0.67	0.92	0.50
Exercise MPI	Van Train et al, 1990 (73)	0.95	0.62	0.95	0.43
Exercise and Vasodilator Stress	Gupta et al, 1992 (74)	0.85	0.67	0.81	0.86
Exercise and Vasodilator Stress	Sciammarella et al, 1992 (75)	1.00	0.40	0.95	0.33
Exercise and Vasodilator Stress	Hambye et al, 1996 (76)	0.61	0.67	0.94	0.82
Exercise and Vasodilator Stress	Astarita et al, 1998 (77)	1.00	0.47	1.0	0.50