Table 2.
Diagnostic Significance of K/T Ratio in Active TB Disease
| IDO Activity for Diagnosing Active TB Disease | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutoff | Sensitivity (%) | 95% CI | Specificity (%) | 95% CI | PPV (%) | NPV (%) |
| 0.010 | 100 | 95–100 | 30 | 14–24 | 22 | 100 |
| 0.020 | 100 | 95–100 | 37 | 21–31 | 27 | 100 |
| 0.030 | 100 | 95–100 | 39 | 24–33 | 30 | 100 |
| 0.040 | 100 | 95–100 | 42 | 31–39 | 32 | 100 |
| 0.050 | 99 | 92–99 | 49 | 43–51 | 35 | 100 |
| 0.060 | 98 | 92–99 | 62 | 57–66 | 45 | 99 |
| 0.070 | 97 | 90–99 | 77 | 66–74 | 58 | 99 |
| 0.080 | 96 | 88–98 | 86 | 73–85 | 77 | 99 |
| 0.090 | 95 | 85–96 | 90 | 78–85 | 79 | 98 |
| 0.100 | 94 | 82–95 | 90 | 80–91 | 85 | 98 |
| 0.110 | 90 | 70–90 | 92 | 85–90 | 86 | 97 |
| 0.120 | 87 | 67–87 | 93 | 88–92 | 87 | 97 |
| 0.130 | 82 | 66–86 | 94 | 89–94 | 90 | 96 |
| 0.140 | 80 | 64–85 | 95 | 90–95 | 92 | 96 |
| 0.150 | 79 | 63–84 | 96 | 92–96 | 94 | 95 |
TB positives: All active TB cases at time of enrollment (n = 72). TB negatives: TB cases at time points other than TB diagnosis or labor, and controls at all times excluding labor (n = 510 specimens from women with HIV but no TB).
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; IDO, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; TB, tuberculosis.