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. 2017 Mar 11;59:15. doi: 10.1186/s13028-017-0284-1

Table 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of blood sucrose for diagnosis of GDL in horses after administration of 1 g/kg of sucrose via nasogastric intubation

Time of sampling (min) Cut-off (µmol/l) Disease present Disease absent Sp (%) Se (%) NPV (%) PPV (%)
95% CI 95% CI 95% CI 95% CI
45 5.80 71 31 48.1 50.7 30.0 69.2
30–67 39–63 18–45 55–81
90 6.05 71 31 43.3 66.2 35.1 73.4
26–63 54–77 20–53 61–84

GL gastric lesions, Se sensitivity, Sp specificity, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value, 95% CI 95% confidence intervals