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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 Nov-Dec;29(6):694–701. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160079

Table 2.

Sensitivity and Specificity of TADA Algorithm for Malignant Study Lesions (Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma) Achieved by Dermatologists Versus Non-Dermatologists, Participants with Previous Dermoscopy Training Versus Those Without, and Participants with Less Than or Equal to One Year of Dermoscopy Experience Versus Those with Greater than One Year of Experience

Variable Coding Participants/Observations Sensitivity 95% CI
P Specificity 95% CI
P
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Profession Dermatologist 64/2788 0.948 0.924 0.972 .374 0.785 0.702 0.844 .008
Non-Dermatologist 49/2132 0.937 0.919 0.955 0.721 0.681 0.755
Previous dermoscopy training Yes 63/2583 0.950 0.909 0.994 .13 0.764 0.669 0.831 .36
No 52/2132 0.933 0.915 0.951 0.741 0.702 0.775
Years of experience in dermoscopy > 1 year 62/2002 0.954 0.931 0.978 .05 0.773 0.683 0.837 .21
≤ 1 year 52/2404 0.931 0.913 0.950 0.742 0.704 0.775

CI, confidence interval; TADA, Triage Amalgamated Dermoscopic Algorithm.