Table 4. Sensitivities and specificities at conventional cut-off values (specificity=95%) for diagnosing echocardiographic LVH in the military male population.
| Electrocardiographic criteria | LVM/BSA | LVM/height2.7 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | LR+ | LR− | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | LR+ | LR− | ||
| Sokolow-Lyon V | 8.3 | 95.0 | 1.7 | 0.97 | 6.7 | 95.3 | 1.4 | 0.98 | |
| Cornell V | 22.2 | 95.2 | 4.6 | 0.82 | 17.8 | 95.1 | 3.6 | 0.86 | |
| Sokolow-Lyon P | 8.3 | 95.2 | 1.7 | 0.96 | 4.4 | 95.1 | 0.9 | 1.00 | |
| Cornell P | 27.8 | 95.2 | 5.8 | 0.76 | 22.2 | 95.1 | 4.5 | 0.82 | |
LVM/BSA, left ventricular mass indexed by body surface area; LVM/height2.7, left ventricular mass indexed by height2.7; LR+, likelihood ratio of a positive test; LR−, likelihood ratio of negative test; V, the voltage criterion; P, the product criterion.