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. 2017 Sep 25;2017(9):CD012806. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012806
Sensitivity Proportion of diseased who have positive test results True positives / total diseased
a / (a + c)
Specificity Proportion of nondiseased who have negative test results True negatives / total nondiseased
d / (b + d)
Positive predictive value (PPV) Proportion with positive test result who actually have the disease True positives / total test positive
a / (a + b)
Negative predictive value (NPV) Proportion with negative test result who really do not have the disease True negatives / total test negative
d / (c + d)