Table 2.
Diagnostic coincidence within the 55 cases with concordant diagnosis between the MIA and the CDA
Disease group | Coincidence in diagnosis (MIA vs. CDA) |
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Perfect/almost perfect |
Moderate or low |
None |
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n | %(95% CI) | N | %(95%CI) | n | %(95% CI) | |
Overall (n = 55) | 48 | 87 (66-88) | 6 | 11 (4 -20) | 1* | 4 (0-8) |
Infectious diseases (n =41) | 37 | 90 (47-72) | 4 | 10 (2-16) | 0 | 0 (0-6)** |
Malignant tumours (n = 8) | 7 | 87 (5-22) | 1 | 12 (0-9) | 0 | 0 (0-6)** |
Other diseases (n = 6) | 4 | 67(2-16) | 1 | 17 (0-9) | 1 | 17 (0-9) |
MIA minimally invasive autopsy, CDA complete diagnostic autopsy, CI confidence interval
The case in which the coincidence was considered “none” is a sickle cell anaemia crisis that the MIA diagnosed as a pulmonary infarct.
One-sided, 97.5% Confidence interval