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. 2011 Jan 13;77(3):252–256. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.09.034

Table III.

Results of the user-seal-check compared with quantitative fit testing showing sex (N = 204; male: 44; female: 160)

3M 1860S
3M 1862
Male Female Overall Male Female Overall
Positive user-seal-check (%) 11.3 13.1 12.8 18.2 15.0 15.7
Fit-testing failure rate (%) (Prevalence of leakage) 27.3 41.9 38.7 27.3 46.9 42.7
True positive (TP) 2 10 12 3 17 20
False positive (FP) 3 11 14 5 7 12
False negative (FN) 10 57 67 9 58 67
True negative (TN) 29 82 111 27 78 105
Sensitivity or true positive rate (TPR) (%) 16.7 14.9 15.2 25.0 22.7 23.0
Specificity or true negative rate (TNR) (%) 90.6 88.2 88.8 84.4 91.8 89.7
False positive rate (FPR) (%) 9.4 11.8 11.2 15.6 8.2 10.3
False negative rate (FNR) (%) 83.3 85.1 84.8 75.0 77.3 77.0
Accuracy (ACC) (%) 70.5 57.5 60.3 68.2 59.4 61.3
Positive predictive value (PPV) (%) 40.0 47.6 46.2 37.5 70.8 62.5
Negative predictive value (NPV) (%) 74.4 59.0 62.4 75.0 57.4 61.1

Sensitivity or TPR = TP/(TP + FN); Specificity or TNR = TN/(FP + TN); FPR = FP/(FP+TN); FNR = FN/(TP + FN); ACC = (TP + TN)/(N); PPV = TP/(TP+ FP); NPV = TN/(TN + FN).