Table 3. Assessment of proposed nCLE criteria.
Experts | Novices | |||||||||
Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Accuracy (%) |
Positive predictive value
(%) |
Negative predictive value (%) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Accuracy (%) | Positive predictive value (%) | Negative predictive value (%) | |
Dark aggregates > 40 µm or dilated irregular vessels with fluorescein leakage (95 %CI) (for malignancy) | 80 (62 – 91) | 5 (0 – 22) | 58 (38 – 71) | 67 (45 – 84) | 9 (0 – 50) | 78 (67 – 88) | 24 (7 – 44) | 63 (44 – 74) | 71 (48 – 87) | 31 (8 – 65) |
Dark lobular structures/normal acinar cells (95 %CI) (for benign diagnosis) | 50 (20 – 75) | 82 (74 – 89) | 74 (58 – 82) | 47 (21 – 77) | 83 (62 – 94) | 50 (20 – 75) | 89 (80 – 95) | 82 (67 – 90) | 65 (30 – 88) | 87 (67 – 97) |
Dark lobular structures/normal acinar cells or fine white fibrous bands (95 %CI) (for benign diagnosis | 83 (67 – 93) | 41 (26 – 59) | 51 (36 – 64) | 32 (13 – 55) | 88 (60 – 97) | 89 (67 – 100) | 56 (33 – 73) | 64 (43 – 76) | 40 (16 – 68) | 94 (72 – 100) |
CI, confidence interval