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. 2022 Mar 10;32(8):5233–5245. doi: 10.1007/s00330-022-08619-4

Table 4.

Diagnostic performance of CTA and Agatston score on the patient level*

CTA
n/total n (% [95% CI*])
Agatston score§
n/total n (% [95% CI*])
p-value*
Diagnostic accuracy 1942/2452 (81.1% [77.5 – 84.1]) 1639/2452 (68.8% [64.2–73.1]) < 0.0001
Sensitivity 943/1100 (86.4% [83.7 – 88.7]) 443/1100 (40.9% [36.6–45.3]) < 0.0001
Specificity 999/1352 (73.2% [69.5 – 76.6]) 1196/1352 (88.2% [85.8–90.2]) < 0.0001
Negative predictive value 999/1156 (85.2% [81.3 – 88.3]) 1196/1853 (64.1% [58.4–69.4]) < 0.0001
Positive predictive value 943/1296 (73.1% [67.9 – 77.8]) 443/599 (75.8% [70.2–80.7]) 0.2206
Positive likelihood ratio 3.54 [2.61–4.81] 3.10 [2.37–4.06]
Negative likelihood ratio 0.14 [0.09–0.23] 0.67 [0.60–0.75]
DOR 31.42 [13.68–72.14] 5.40 [3.60–8.09]

*CI, confidence interval. Estimates, 95% CI, and p-values are based on a model with study-specific random intercept taking test correlation within patients into account. §An Agatston score above 400 was considered positive

Positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) based on random effect models for each test