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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Neurophysiol. 2021 Aug 5;132(10):2440–2446. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.06.030

Table 3.

We calculated positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) under multiple assumptions in order to estimate performance in the community. We transformed prevalence of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) to 28% based on prior work (Dutkiewicz et al., 2015) (second row). We then penalized the sensitivity under the assumption that individuals with SWS in the community would, on average, have a lower severity of brain involvement than in our sample. We conducted a sub-analysis in our sample of sensitivity in infants with SWS Neurological Rating Scale (SWS-NRS)≤4 (Kavanaugh et al., 2016) and estimated PPV/NPV based on that sensitivity and on a population prevalence of 28% (third row). SWS+, outcome group with Sturge-Weber syndrome diagnosed; SWS-, outcome group without SWS neurological involvement

Assumpti ons Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity Derived PPV Derived NPV
Measured Values (in-sample prevalence = 67%) N/A 60% 50% 81% 84% 45%
Population Prevalence Population prevalence = 28% (extrapolated from Zallmann et al., 2018b); in-sample sensitivity and specificity 60% 50% (in-sample measurement) 81% (in-sample measurement) 52% 80%
Population Prevalence and Decreased Average Severity Population prevalence = 28%; decreased clinical severity of SWS+ group in population 50% 37% (in-sample measurement for SWS-NRS ≤4 subsample) 81% (in-sample measurement) 42% 76%