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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2012 Feb 23;222(1):129–134. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.02.029

Table 3.

Diagnostic accuracy of derived pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) cut-offs for coronary high-risk lesions. NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; 95%CI, 95% confidence intervals.

Diagnostic accuracy to detect coronary high-risk lesions
Sensitivity [95%CI] Specificity [95%CI] NPV [95%CI] PPV [95%CI]
Entire cohort (N = 358)
 PAT ≥ 74.07 cm3 100% [75–100%] 34% [29–40%] 100% [97–100%] 5% [3–9%]
 PAT ≥ 144.88 cm3 62% [32–86%] 83% [79–87%] 78% [73–82%] 12% [5–23%]
Patients with any CAD (N = 178)
 PAT ≥ 74.07 cm3 100% [75–100%] 20% [14–27%] 100% [97–100%] 10% [5–16%]
 PAT ≥ 144.88 cm3 62% [32–86%] 77% [70–83%] 96% [91–99%] 17% [8–31%]