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.
Fail/rescreen=<95% either or >3%.
Conditional passes are considered passes in all FPR calculations.