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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 May 28;122(8):1601–1608. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.04.023

Table 1.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Retinopathy Of Prematurity (ROP) Diagnosis By ROP Experts Based on a Consensus Reference Standard Diagnosis.

Sensitivity
(95% CI)
P value* Specificity
(95% CI)
P value*

Color Fundus
Only
Color Fundus
+ FA
Color Fundus
Only
Color Fundus
+ FA
Stage
  Stage 1 or worse 92.4
(86.7 – 96.1)
100.0
(97.5 – 100)
0.063 - - -
  Stage 2 or worse 81.3
(73.9 – 87.3)
99.3
(96.2 – 99.9)
0.016 - - -
  Stage 3 or worse 39.8
(30.5 – 49.7)
74.1
(64.8 – 82.0)
0.008 63.9
(46.2 – 79.2)
41.7
(25.5 – 59.2)
0.453

Zone
  Zone I 47.2
(35.3 – 59.3)
61.1
(48.9 – 72.4)
0.219 100
(95 – 100)
100
(95 – 100)
1.000
  Zone II 97.2
(93 – 99.2)
97.2
(93 – 99.2)
1.000 - - -

Plus
  Pre-Plus or worse 50.5
(40.3 – 60.7)
62.6
(52.3 – 72.1)
0.031 73.3
(58.1 – 85.4)
55.6
(40 – 70.4)
0.125
  Plus 13.3
(5.1 – 26.8)
20.0
(9.6 – 34.6)
1.000 87.9
(79.8 – 93.6)
84.8
(76.2 – 91.3)
1.000

Category
  Mild or worse 91.7
(85.9 – 95.6)
100
(97.5 – 100)
0.0625 - - -
  Type-2 or worse 69.4
(61.2 – 76.8)
86.8
(80.2 – 91.9)
0.013 - - -
  Treatment-requiring 22.2
(13.3 – 33.6)
40.3
(28.9 – 52.5)
0.063 86.1
(75.9 – 93.1)
76.4
(64.9 – 85.6)
0.375

FA, Fluorescein angiogram; CI, Confidence Interval.

*

Non-parametric sign test.