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. 2015 Dec 30;2015(12):CD007394. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007394.pub2

3. Effect definition of 'diseased' patients.

Cut‐off value
and analysis
Proven and probable versus possible and no IA Proven versus probable, possible and no IA Proven, probable and possible versus no IA
n Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Specificity
(95% CI)
n Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Specificity
(95% CI)
n Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Specificity
(95% CI)
0.5 ODI 27 0.78 (0.70 to 0.85) 0.85 (0.78 to 0.91) 18 0.89 (0.79 to 0.99) 0.72 (0.62 to 0.82) 19 0.55 (0.41 to 0.69) 0.87 (0.80 to 0.94)
1.0 ODI 8 0.71 (0.63 to 0.78) 0.90 (0.86 to 0.93) 8 0.79 (0.70 to 0.89) 0.83 (0.78 to 0.88) 8 0.54 (0.44 to 0.65) 0.93 (0.90 to 0.96)
1.5 ODI 15 0.63 (0.49 to 0.77) 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) 14 0.65 (0.48 to 0.83) 0.91 (0.86 to 0.96) 14 0.54 (0.36 to 0.71) 0.97 (0.94 to 0.99)

CI: confidence interval; IA: invasive aspergillosis; ODI: optical density index