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. 2020 Apr;8(7):491. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.03.47

Table 3. Closed pleural biopsy results, diagnosed as tuberculosis.

Indicators Gold standard
Positive Negative Total
CPB
   Positive 149 0 149
   Negative 68 262 330
   Total 217 262 479
Test performance indicator
   Sensitivity (%)
      a/(a+c) =149/217 68.7%
   Specificity (%)
      d/(b+d) =262/262 100%
   Positive predictive value (%)
      a/(a+b) =149/149 100%
   Negative likelihood ratio (%)
      d/(c+d) =262/330 79.4%

a: true-positive results; b: false-positive results; c: false-negative results; d: true-negative results.