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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2013;1(4):354–360. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2013.04.002

TABLE II.

Performance characteristics of immunologic parameters at various cutoff values

Cutoff Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Egg white sIgE (kU/L) 0.35 92.6 19.1 18.0 93.1
2.39 66.7 67.4 28.1 91.3
6.00 51.9 85.8 41.2 90.3
9.65 37.0 95.0 58.8 88.7
Ovomucoid sIgE (kU/L) 0.35 66.7 61.3 24.7 90.6
3.38 18.5 95.1 41.7 86.0
4.85 11.1 97.9 50.0 85.3
9.74 7.41 99.3 66.7 84.9
Egg white SPT wheal (mm) 3 100 16.5 19.0 100
4 96.2 17.3 18.5 95.8
11 69.2 55.6 23.4 90.2
25 0 95.5 0 83.0