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. 2021 Mar 31;9(3):345–352. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2020.00124

Table 3. Performance of the Nanjing criteria and simplified Nanjing criteria for the diagnosis of PA-HSOS.

Diagnostic criteria Reference standard
Sensitivity, % (95% CI) Specificity, % (95% CI) PPV, %)(95% CI) NPV, % (95% CI) Positive likelihood ratio Negative likelihood ratio Overall accuracy
TP FP TN FN
Nanjing criteria (i+ii+iii+iv) 82 0 327 4 95.35 (90.81–99.89) 100 100 98.79 (97.61–99.97) 0.046 99.03
Simplified Nanjing criteria (ii+iii+iv) 83 12 315 3 96.51 (92.55–100) 96.33 (94.28–98.38) 87.37 (80.57–94.17) 99.06 (97.99–100) 25.98 0.036 96.37

i. History of ingesting PA-containing plants; ii. Clinical manifestation; iii. Abnormal liver function (abnormal liver function: ALT >40 U/L, AST >40 U/L or serum TBil >17.1 µmol/L); iv. Imaging performance. TP, true positive; FP, false positive; TN, true negative; FN, false negative.