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. 2016 Feb 15;6:21196. doi: 10.1038/srep21196

Table 4. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of our model in low-risk predictive patients in validation group.

Predicted risk Patient number and percentage (%) Number of patients with ALN metastasis Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%) FNR (%)
<7.1% 6 (2.6) 0 100 6 100 0
<13.8% 19 (8.1) 1 99.2 17.8 94.7 5.3
<18.2% 23 (9.8) 2 98.5 20.8 91.3 8.7
<20% 29 (23.1) 5 96.2 23.8 82.8 17.2
<30% 55 (23.5) 14 89.5 40.6 74.5 25.5
<40% 78 (33.3) 16 88 61.4 79.5 20.5

Validation group (n = 234): patients with positive lymph node (n = 133, 56.8%); patients with negative lymph node (n = 101, 43.2%).

ALN: axillary lymph node; FNR: false negative rate.