Table 3. Probability estimates of the specificities and the sensitivities, PPV, and NPV of the diagnostic tests.
Maximum a posterior probability estimates of the specificities and the sensitivities, PPV, and NPV of the diagnostic tests. Also reported are the 95% highest density credible intervals for each parameter.
| Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive
value |
Negative predictive
value |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | (95% Crl) | MAP | 95% Crl | MAP | 95% Crl | MAP | 95% Crl | |
| Stool culture | 0.6288 | (0.3916,0.8223) | 0.9999 | (0.9949,10000) | 0.9973 | (0.8668,10000) | 0.7238 | (0.6135,0.8389) |
| ttr | 0.9953 | (0.8315,1.0000) | 0.9546 | (0.9317,0.9749) | 0.5615 | (0.3897,07275) | 0.9967 | (0.8501,10000) |
| InvA | 0.9506 | (0.7950,10000) | 0.9031 | (0.8702,0.9311) | 0.3521 | (0.2233,0.4915) | 0.9536 | (0.8147,10000) |
| TAC- ttr | 0.903 | (0.6628,10000) | 0.993 | (0.9797,0.9987) | 0.8597 | (0.6798,0.9736) | 0.9033 | (0.7367,0.9869) |
| TAC- InvA | 0.8941 | (0.6721,0.9869) | 0.98 | (0.9618,0.9928) | 0.7228 | (0.5079,0.8757) | 0.8807 | (0.7459,0.9828) |