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. 2017 Jul 27;37(10):1117–1123. doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.105

Table 3. False positive rates (FPRs)a applying New Jersey-recommended critical congenital heart defects (CCHD) screening algorithm, b.

  Overall FPR FPR among infants without a prenatal CHD diagnosis or echocardiogram before screen
  % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
FPR for CCHD
 Overall 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9)
 Stage 1
  On oxygen 2.1 (1.2, 3.7) 1.6 (0.8, 3.3)
  No oxygen 0.5 (0.3, 0.9) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9)
  Extremely premature (<28 weeks) 3.8 (1.4, 10.2) 4.0 (1.5, 10.8)
 Stage 2 0.6 (0.3, 1.4) 0.3 (0.1, 1.1)
     
FPR for CCHD+noncritical CHD
 Overall 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9)
 Stage 1
  On oxygen 2.1 (1.1, 3.7) 1.7 (0.9, 3.5)
  No oxygen 0.5 (0.3, 0.9) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9)
  Extremely premature (<28 weeks) 4.0 (1.5, 10.6) 4.2 (1.6, 11.2)
 Stage 2 0.4 (0.1, 1.2) 0.3 (0.1, 1.2)

Abbreviations: CHD, congenital heart defects; CI, confidence interval.

a

Fail/rescreen=<95% either or >3%.

b

Conditional passes are considered passes in all FPR calculations.