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. 2016 Mar 1;89(1060):20150840. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150840

Table 4.

Diagnostic performance for active IBD lesion on DWI and gadolinium using endoscopic or surgery findings as gold standard in patient-level analysis, overall and by bowel segments

DWI and gadolinium results Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Accuracy
DWI results
All segments 88.1 (37/42)a 83.3 (5/6) 97.4 (37/38) 50.0 (5/10) 87.5 (42/48)
Jejunum 0.0 (0/1) 100.0 (47/47) 97.9 (47/48) 97.9 (47/48)
Ileum 66.7 (2/3) 93.3 (42/45) 40.0 (2/5) 97.7 (42/43) 91.7 (44/58)
Terminal ileum and ileo-caecal junction 79.0 (15/19) 93.1 (27/29) 88.2 (15/17) 87.1 (27/31) 87.5 (42/48)
Ascending colon 47.4 (9/19) 96.6 (28/29) 90.0 (9/10) 73.7 (28/38) 77.1 (37/48)
Transverse colon 41.2 (7/17) 96.8 (30/31) 87.5 (7/8) 75.0 (30/40) 77.1 (37/48)
Descending colon 59.1 (13/22) 100.0 (26/26) 100.0 (13/13) 74.3 (26/35) 81.2 (39/48)
Rectosigmoid colon 63.0 (17/27) 100.0 (21/21) 100.0 (17/17) 67.7 (21/31) 79.2 (38/48)
Gadolinium results
All segments 66.7 (28/42) 83.3 (5/6) 96.6 (28/29) 26.3 (5/19) 68.7 (33/48)
Jejunum 0.0 (0/1) 100.0 (47/47) 97.9 (47/48) 97.9 (47/48)
Ileum 66.7 (2/3) 93.3 (42/45) 40.0 (2/5) 97.7 (42/43) 91.7 (44/48)
Terminal ileum and ileocaecal junction 63.2 (12/19) 96.6 (28/29) 92.3 (12/13) 80.0 (28/35) 83.3 (40/48)
Ascending colon 42.1 (8/19) 100.0 (29/29) 100.0 (8/8) 72.5 (29/40) 77.1 (37/48)
Transverse colon 35.3 (6/17) 100.0 (31/31) 100.0 (6/6) 73.8 (31/42) 77.1 (37/48)
Descending colon 40.9 (9/22) 100.0 (26/26) 100.0 (9/9) 66.7 (26/39) 72.9 (35/48)
Rectosigmoid colon 44.4 (12/27) 100.0 (21/21) 100.0 (12/12) 58.3 (21/36) 68.7 (33/48)

DWI, diffusion weighted imaging; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; NPV, negative-predictive value; PPV, positive-predictive value.

Values are percentage (numbers).

a

p < 0.05 for comparison with sensitivity of gadolinium by exact McNemar's test.