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. 2019 Jul 26;8(15):e013152. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013152

Table 3.

Discriminatory Power of cMyC at Different Thresholds

[cMyC]
10 ng/L 87 ng/L 120 ng/L
Patients with chest pain for <60 min (n=321)
Sensitivity 94.3% (87%–98.6%) 40.7% (29.1%–52.3%) 33.3% (22.2%–44.7%)
Specificity 32.1% (26.8%–37.9%) 90.3% (86.6%–93.8%) 92.3% (88.8%–95.3%)
NPV 95.5% (90.7%–98.9%) 85.6% (81.1%–89.6%) 84.4% (79.7%–88.5%)
PPV 26.3% (21%–32%) 52.1% (37.8%–65.4%) 52.5% (37.5%–67.5%)
Patients with chest pain for 60 to 120 min (n=156)
Sensitivity 98.1% (93.9%–100%) 54.7% (41.5%–68.5%) 46.5% (33.3%–60.8%)
Specificity 22.8% (15%–31.3%) 92.7% (86.9%–96.9%) 92.7% (86.9%–96.9%)
NPV 96.4% (87.1%–100%) 80.9% (73.6%–87.2%) 78.3% (70.6%–84.9%)
PPV 38% (30.3%–46.3%) 78% (63.9%–89.8%) 75% (58.6%–88.5%)
Patients with chest pain for ≥120 min (n=249)
Sensitivity 100% (100%–100%) 73.5% (61.8%–84.6%) 61.2% (48.3%–75%)
Specificity 29.9% (23.8%–36.6%) 88.9% (84%–93%) 91.5% (87.3%–95.1%)
NPV 100% (100%–100%) 92.7% (88.6%–96.2%) 90% (85.5%–93.8%)
PPV 27.6% (21.1%–33.7%) 63.8% (51.2%–75.5%) 65.8% (52.2%–78.4%)

cMyC indicates cardiac myosin‐binding protein C; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.