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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jul 27;73(9):1731–1737. doi: 10.1002/art.41732

Table 2.

Predictive Accuracies of the DETECT Algorithm and 2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines

2018 Revised Hemodynamic PAH Definition and All DLCO Values (N=68) 2018 Revised Hemodynamic PAH Definition and DLCO ≥ 60% predicted (N=27)
Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
DETECT
(95% CI)
1.00
(0.69-1.00)
0.29
(0.18-0.43)
0.20
(0.10-0.33
1.00
(0.80-1.00)
1.00
(0.29-1.00)
0.29
(0.13-0.51)
0.15
(0.03-0.38)
1.00
(0.59-1.00)
2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines
(95% CI)
0.80
(0.44-0.97)
0.57
(0.43-0.70)
0.24
(0.11-0.42)
0.94
(0.81-0.99)
0.67
(0.09-0.99)
0.67
(0.45-0.84)
0.2
(0.03-0.56)
0.94
(0.71-1.00)

PAH=Pulmonary arterial hypertension; DLCO= Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide; PPV=Positive predicted value; NPV=Negative predictive value; ESC/ERS=European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society; 95% CI= 95% confidence interval.