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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: South Med J. 2017 Dec;110(12):785–790. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000733

Table 2.

Voided volume range; void trial pass and fail rates; and sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV for chance of successful void trial

Voided vol, mL Subjects with voided vol at or above threshold (N = 255) Void trial result Successful void trial outcome
Pass Fail Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
≥ 50 213 176 (82.6) 37 (17.4) 100 (97.9–100) 53.2 (41.6–64.5) 82.6 (76.9–87.5) 100 (91.5–100)
≥ 75 200 174 (87.0) 26 (13.0) 98.9 (96.0–99.8) 67.1 (55.6–77.3) 87.0 (81.5–91.3) 96.4 (87.5–99.5)
≥ 100 194 174 (89.7) 20 (10.3) 98.9 (96.0–99.8) 74.7 (63.6–83.8) 89.7 (84.5–93.6) 96.7 (88.6–99.5)
≥ 125 181 168 (92.8) 13 (7.2) 95.5 (91.2–98.0) 83.5 (73.5–90.9) 92.8 (88.0–96.1) 89.2 (79.8–95.2)
≥ 150 179 168 (93.9) 11 (6.1) 95.5 (91.2–98.0) 86.1 (76.5–92.8) 93.9 (89.3–96.9) 89.5 (80.3–95.3)
≥ 175 171 164 (95.9) 7 (4.1) 93.2 (88.4–96.4) 91.1 (82.6–96.4) 95.9 (91.7–98.3) 85.7 (76.4–92.4)
≥ 200 155 151 (97.4) 4 (2.6) 85.8 (79.8–90.6) 94.9 (87.5–98.6) 97.4 (93.5–99.3) 75.0 (65.3–83.1)
≥ 225 118 116 (98.3) 2 (1.7) 65.9 (58.4–72.9) 97.5 (91.1–99.6) 98.3 (94.0–99.8) 56.2 (47.5–64.7)

Pass and fail results are shown as N (percentage), with percentages calculated from the total N for that row (ie, total number of patients who voided at or above the specified voided volume). Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV are calculated for the ability of voided volume to predict a successful void trial (ie, passing result) and are shown as % (95% confidence interval). NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.