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. 2021 Jun 17;11:12777. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92262-4

Table 2.

Diagnostic performance of assessing barrier dysfunction in the terminal Ileum by pCLE for the diagnosis of Food Allergy (FA).

FA present FA absent
Barrier dysfunction 26 11 PPV = 70.3% (59.2–79.4%)
No barrier dysfunction 1 22 NPV = 95.7% (76–99.4%)
Sens = 96.3% (81–99.9%) Spec = 66.6% (48.2–82%)

Sens, sensitivity; Spec, specificity.

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

(95% CI).