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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Aug;130(8):992–999. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.243

Table 4.

Sensitivity, Specificity, and Positive and Negative Predictive Values in Identifying Type 1 ROP

Alarm Status % (95% CI)
Alarm No Alarm Total Sensitivity Specificity
ROP categories, No. (%) of infants
    Type 1 ROP 144 2 146 98.6 (96.7-100.5) . . .
    Non-type 1 ROP 957 603 1560 . . . 38.7 (36.2-41.1)
        Total 1101 605 1706
Predictive value, % (No./total No.)
    PPV 13.1 (144/1101) . . . . . . . . . . . .
    NPV . . . 99.7 (603/605) . . . . . . . . .

Abbreviations: ellipses, not applicable; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity.