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. 2016 Jul 19;16:498. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2554-0

Table 5.

Diagnosis of deepness invasion of endometrial cancers by preoperative MRI (n = 91)

Cervical invasion (n = 91) Myometrial invasion ≥50 % (n = 91) Lymph node invasion (n = 52)
Sensitivity (%) [95 % CI] 23.1 [8.2–50.3] 73.7 [58.0–85.0] 71.4 [35.9–91.8]
Specificity (%) [95 % CI] 100 [95.3–100] 88.0 [76.2–94.4] 80.0 [66.2–89.1]
PPV (%) [95 % CI] 100 [43.8–100] 82.4 [66.5–91.7] 35.7 [16.3–61.2]
NPV (%) [95 % CI] 88.6 [80.3–93.7] 81.5 [69.2–89.6] 94.7 [82.7–98.5]
+LR [95 % CI] NA 6.1 [2.8–13.3] 3.6 [1.7–7.6]
-LR [95 % CI] NA 0.3 [0.2–0.5] 0.4 [0.1–1.6]
Overestimation (%) 0 6.8 17.3
Accuracy rate (%) 89.1 81.8 78.8
Underestimation (%) 10.9 11.4 3.8

PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, +LR positive likelihood ratio, −LR negative likelihood ratio, NA not applicable