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. 2022 Jul 3;14(7):e26521. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26521

Table 2. Sensitivities and specificities of different cut-off values for TGA in detecting celiac disease.

TGA: anti-transglutaminase antibody; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value

  TGA cut-off value
  >10 U/mL >29.42 U/mL >100 U/mL
Sensitivity, %, value (95% CI) 100 (94.64–100) 100 (94.64–100) 71.64 (59.31–81.99)
Specificity, %, value (95% CI) 96.53 (92.99–98.6) 99.50 (97.27–99.99) 100 (98.19–100)
PPV, %, value (95% CI) 90.54 (82.21–95.2) 98.53 (90.46–99.79) 100
NPV, %, value (95% CI) 100 100 91.40 (87.90–93.96)