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. 2020 Nov 5;303(6):1407–1414. doi: 10.1007/s00404-020-05856-0

Table 2.

Sensitivities, specificities, and positive predictive values for the high-risk NIPT cases

Trisomy 21 Trisomy 18 Trisomy 13 Monosomy X
Cases (n) 117 34 23 13
Cases with follow-up [n (%)] 96 (82.1) 23 (67.6) 15 (65.2) 10 (76.9)
Sensitivity [% (n/N; 95% CI)] 98.89 (89/90; 93.96–99.97) > 99.99 (19/19; 82.35–100) > 99.99 (9/9; 66.37–100) > 99.99 (5/5; 47.82–100)
Specificity [% (n/N; 95% CI)] 99.73 (2566/2573; 99.44–99.89) 99.84 (2496/2500; 99.59–99.96) 99.76 (2486/2492; 99.48–99.91) 99.80 (2482/2487; 99.53–99.93)
PPV [% (n/N)] 92.7 (89/96) 82.6 (19/23) 60.0 (9/15) 50.0 (5/10)
Theoretical lower PPV [% (n/N)] 76.1 (89/117) 55.9 (19/34) 39.1 (9/23) 38.5 (5/13)
Theoretical upper PPV [% (n/N)] 94.0 (110/117) 88.2 (30/34) 73.9 (17/23) 61.5 (8/13)