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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2015 Nov 26;91(2):205–210. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24232

TABLE II.

Sensitivity and Specificity for the Detection of HbA, HbS, and HbC

Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
HbA Observer 1 99.0 92.3 97.1 97.3
Observer 2 97.0 94.9 98.0 92.5
Observer 3 99.0 94.9 98.0 97.4
Cumulative: 98.3 94.0 97.7 95.7
(95% Cl) (96.2–99.5) (88.1–97.6) (95.3–99.1) (90.1–98.6)
HbS Observer 1 100 92.4 93.6 100
Observer 2 98.6 92.4 93.5 98.4
Observer 3 100 92.5 93.5 100
Cumulative: 99.5 92.5 93.5 99.5
(95% Cl) (97.5–100) (87.9–95.7) (89.6–96.3) (97.0–100)
HbC Observer 1 100 100 100 100
Observer 2 100 100 100 100
Observer 3 100 100 100 100
Cumulative: 100 100 100 100
(95% Cl) (92.1–100) (99.0–100) (92.1–100) (99–100)