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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2014 Apr 14;76(1):100–108. doi: 10.1038/pr.2014.48

Table 5.

Diagnostic value of TGF-β1 <1380 pg/mL as a predictive marker for NEC

95% Confidence Interval
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Prevalence 0.1 0.09 0.12
Sensitivity 0.61 0.51 0.7
Specificity 0.64 0.61 0.67
For any particular test result, the probability that it will be:
Positive 0.38 0.35 0.41
Negative 0.62 0.59 0.65
For any particular positive test result, the probability that it is:
True Positive 0.16 0.13 0.21
False Positive 0.84 0.79 0.87
For any particular negative test result, the probability that it is:
True Negative 0.93 0.91 0.95
False Negative 0.07 0.05 0.09
Likelihood Ratios:
Positive 1.71 1.43 2.04
Negative 0.6 0.47 0.77