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. 2019 Jun;9(6):921–927. doi: 10.21037/qims.2019.05.13

Table 2. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of T2* to predict non-diagnostic elastography at various cut-off points.

Cutpoint in T2* (ms) Sensitivity (of non-diagnostic elastography patients, % with T2* ≤ given cutpoint) (%) Specificity (of adequate elastography patients, % with T2* > given cutpoint) (%) PPV (of patients with a T2* ≤ given cutpoint, % that had non-diagnostic elastography) (%) NPV (of patients with a T2* > given cutpoint, % that had adequate elastography) (%)
34 32/32 (100.0) 2/63 (3.2) 32/93 (34.4) 2/2 (100.0)
32 32/32 (100.0) 3/63 (4.8) 32/92 (34.8) 3/3 (100.0)
30 32/32 (100.0) 5/63 (7.9) 32/90 (35.6) 5/5 (100.0)
28 32/32 (100.0) 11/63 (17.5) 32/84 (38.1) 11/11 (100.0)
26 32/32 (100.0) 17/63 (27.0) 32/78 (41.0) 17/17 (100.0)
24 32/32 (100.0) 22/63 (34.9) 32/73 (43.8) 22/22 (100.0)
22 32/32 (100.0) 29/63 (46.0) 32/66 (48.5) 29/29 (100.0)
20 32/32 (100.0) 37/63 (58.7) 32/58 (55.2) 37/37 (100.0)
18 32/32 (100.0) 40/63 (63.5) 32/55 (58.2) 40/40 (100.0)
16 31/32 (96.9) 44/63 (69.8) 31/50 (62.0) 44/45 (97.8)
14 30/32 (93.8) 50/63 (79.4) 30/43 (69.8) 50/52 (96.2)
12 29/32 (90.6) 54/63 (85.7) 29/38 (76.3) 54/57 (94.7)
10 26/32 (81.3) 59/63 (93.6) 26/30 (86.7) 59/65 (90.8)
8 24/32 (75.0) 61/63 (96.8) 24/26 (92.3) 61/69 (88.4)
6 19/32 (59.4) 62/63 (98.4) 19/20 (95.0) 62/75 (82.7)
4 9/32 (28.1) 62/63 (98.4) 9/10 (90.0) 62/85 (72.9)

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.