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. 2016 May;37(5):958–962. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4641

Proportions of false-positive examination findings and resulting specificities with 95% CIs when applying the 4 proposed abnormal cutoffs to the 124 healthy subjects without trauma in Part 1 of the study

Age Group Proportion of False-Positive Examination Findings
Specificities (95% CIs)
Pang et al2 (4 mm) Gire et al3 (2.5 mm) 2 SDs 3 SDs Pang et al2 (4 mm) Gire et al3 (2.5 mm) 2 SDs 3 SDs
Younger than 12 mo 0/21 1/21 1/21 1/21 1.0 (0.85–1.0) 0.95 (0.77–0.99) 0.95 (0.77–0.99) 0.95 (0.77–0.99)
12–24 mo 0/19 12/19 1/19 0/19 1.0 (0.83–1.0) 0.37 (0.19–0.59) 0.94 (0.73–0.99) 1.0 (0.83–1.0)
2–4 yr 0/17 14/17 1/17 0/17 1.0 (0.82–1.0) 0.18 (0.06–0.41) 0.94 (0.73–0.99) 1.0 (0.82–1.0)
5–8 yr 0/19 13/19 0/19 0/19 1.0 (0.83–1.0) 0.32 (0.15–0.54) 1.0 (0.83–1.0) 1.0 (0.83–1.0)
9–12 yr 0/16 3/16 0/16 0/16 1.0 (0.81–1.0) 0.81 (0.57–0.93) 1.0 (0.72–0.99) 1.0 (0.81–1.0)
13–17 yr 0/19 0/19 2/19 0/19 1.0 (0.83–1.0) 1.0 (0.83–1.0) 0.89 (0.69–0.97) 1.0 (0.83–1.0)
Older than 17 yr 0/13 0/13 1/13 0/13 1.0 (0.67–1.0) 1.0 (0.67–1.0) 0.92 (0.67–0.99) 1.0 (0.67–1.0)