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. 2016 Jun 8;2016:1690482. doi: 10.1155/2016/1690482

Table 3.

Diagnostic performance of the administrative data algorithm for the identification of primary spontaneous pneumothorax cases (estimate and 95% confidence interval).

Measure Total 0 to 39 years 40 years and over p
Sensitivity 94 (88–98) 97 (91–99) 81 (54–96) 0.0376
Specificity 57 (43–69) 48 (26–70) 62 (45–77) 0.4135
Positive predictive value 77 (68–84) 87 (78–93) 46 (28–66) <0.0001
Negative predictive value 87 (73–96) 83 (52–98) 89 (71–98) 0.6342