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. 2013 Aug 5;15(6):790–794. doi: 10.1038/aja.2013.81

Table 3. Prognostic accuracy of sperm vacuolisation grades III+IV to predict outcome after IVF/ICSI.

Statistical characteristics Pregnant Non-pregnant P value
Vacuolisation grades III–IV (%) 76.72±15.82 76.21±13.79 0.836
Area under ROC curve (95% CI) 0.533 (0.440–0.626)  
Cutoff (%) 73.5 0.090
Sensitivity (%) 32.1  
Specificity (%) 54.4  
Positive predictive value (%) 46.6  
Negative predictive value (%) 39.4  

Abbreviations: ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IVF, in vitro fertilisation; ROC, receiver operating characteristic.