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. 2021 Jan 11;11:282. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78233-1

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratio and diagnostic odd ratio of trichoscopic criteria for erythrodermic atopic dermatitis vs erythrodermic psoriasis and erythrodermic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Trichoscopic features Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Positive likelihood ratio Negative likelihood ratio Diagnostic odds ratio
Numerous pili torti 0 64 0.00 1.57 0.00
Visible anagen bulbs 0 94 0.00 1.06 0.00
8-shaped hairs 0 92 0.00 1.09 0.00
Singular pili torti 0 94 0.00 1.06 0.00
Numerous broken hairs 0 67 0.00 1.50 0.00
Singular broken hairs 25 86 1.80 0.87 2.07
Numerous yellow dots 50 53 1.06 0.95 1.12
Black dots 0 89 0.00 1.13 0.00
Linear perifollicular vessels 5 86 0.36 1.10 0.33
Glomerular perifollicular vessels 10 78 0.45 1.16 0.39
Glomerular regularly distributed vessels 20 22 0.26 3.60 0.07
Dotted vessels 95 83 5.70 0.06 95.00
Arborizing vessels 20 86 1.44 0.93 1.55
Glomerular line arranged vessels 0 39 0.00 2.57 0.00
White thick interfollicular bands 0 75 0.00 1.33 0.00
Patchy hyperpigmentation 0 83 0.00 1.20 0.00
Reddish areas 15 61 0.39 1.39 0.28
Yellow interfollicular scales 95 83 5.70 0.06 95.0
White interfollicular scales 15 11 0.17 7.65 0.02
Follicular spicules-like scales 0 94 0.00 1.06 0.00