4. Results of sensitivity analyses.
Concerns | Domain | Studies at low risk (n) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) |
Risk of bias | Patient selection | 25 | 85.7 (82.1 to 88.6) | 93.0 (91.1 to 94.5) |
Index test | 65 | 86.6 (84.0 to 88.8) | 95.2 (94.1 to 96.1) | |
Reference standard | 20 | 81.0 (74.1 to 86.5) | 95.5 (93.4 to 96.9) | |
Flow and timing | 98 | 85.4 (83.0 to 87.5) | 95.3 (94.4 to 96.1) | |
≥ 3 domains with low risk of bias | 20 | 84.0 (79.4 to 87.8) | 95.0 (93.1 to 96.4) | |
Applicability | ||||
Patient selection | 41 | 83.1 (79.7 to 86.0) | 94.9 (93.4 to 96.0) | |
Index test | 33 | 89.1 (85.7 to 91.8) | 95.0 (93.2 to 96.4) | |
Reference standard | 60 | 84.9 (81.6 to 87.6) | 94.7 (93.5 to 95.7) |
CI: confidence interval