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. 2015 Jun 3;8(4):378–387. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfv039

Table 3.

Diagnostic test for predicting I-Ca hypocalcaemia and normocalcaemia

Predicting ICa hypocalcaemia Predicting ICa normocalcaemia
Total calcium
 Sensitivity % 48.4 92.4
 Specificity % 92.6 47.7
 Positive predicting value % 81.5 71
 Negative predicting value % 72.7 82
Alb-corr-calcium
 Sensitivity % 17.1 88.1
 Specificity % 88.5 19.4
 Positive predicting value % 50 60.2
 Negative predicting value % 61.5 54.1