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. 2019 Feb 19;19(4):1–166.

Table 17:

Additional Model Inputs Used in the Scenario Analyses

  Mean; Distribution (Alpha; Beta)  
Screening Option Detection Rate False-Positive Rate Sources
Inclusion of Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies and/or Microdeletions
Sex chromosome aneuploidies 93.8%; beta (90; 6) 0.4%; beta (4; 964) Badeau et al, 201767
22q11.2 deletion 90% or 75% or 50%; fixed 0.1%; fixed Ravi et al, 2018100; Martin et al, 2018102
NIPT Performance Based on Cochrane Reviewa
Trisomy 21 99.2%; beta (87.3; 0.7) in first-tier NIPT 0.1%; beta (20; 19,980)b in first-tier NIPT Badeau et al, 201767
99.2%; beta (244; 2) in second-tier NIPT 0.1%; beta (4; 3,996)a in second-tier NIPT Badeau et al, 201767
Trisomy 18 90.9%; beta (20; 2) in first-tier NIPT NA Badeau et al, 201767
98.2%; beta (110; 2) in second-tier NIPT NA Badeau et al, 201767
Trisomy 13 62.5%; beta (5; 3) in first-tier NIPT NA Badeau et al, 201767
100%; fixed in second-tier NIPT NA Badeau et al, 201767
Lower Trisomy 21 Risk Cutoff for Second-Tier NIPT
eFTSb (risk cutoff: 1/1,000) 94.8%; beta (129.9; 7.1) 10.5%b; beta (71.8; 612.2) Huang et al, 20152
MSS (risk cutoff: 1/700) 80.8%; beta (48.5; 11.5) 10.1%; beta (3024; 26,976) BORN data
Lower Trisomy 21 Risk Cutoff and Higher Acceptance of Further Testing for Second-Tier NIPT
Higher acceptance rate after positive results from traditional prenatal screening 90% Estimate

Abbreviations: eFTS, enhanced first-trimester screening; MSS, maternal serum screening (also known as quadruple screening); NA, not applicable; NIPT, noninvasive prenatal testing.

a

Test failures (for any reason) were excluded in estimating the performance of NIPT.67

b

Combined false-positive rate for trisomies 21, 18, and 13.