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

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of blood sucrose for diagnosis of SQL 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 7.86 54 47 68.1 50.0 54.2 64.3
53–81 36–64 41–67 48–79
90 8.24 54 47 72.3 57.4 59.7 70.5
57–84 43–71 46–72 55–83

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