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. 2020 Jan 28;6(1):6. doi: 10.3390/ijns6010006

Table 3.

Newborn Screening Metrics for CAH before and after LCMSMS Implementation.

Immunoassay 2 nd Tier LCMSMS 2 nd Tier
Start Date 1 December 2015 1 December 2017
End Date 30 November 2017 30 November 2019
Number of Babies Screened 117,063 116,097
Number of Specimens 118,624 117,624
Number of second tier tests 1643 1213
Number of 2 nd tier results above the screening cut-off 362 113
Number of positive screens 175 45
Number of true positive screens 3 5
Number of false positive screens 172 40
False Positive Rate 0.15% 0.03%
Specificity 99.85% 99.97%
Positive predictive Value 1.71% 11.11%