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Table 4 Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, AUC and likelihood ratios for CAD diagnosis

From: Usefulness of carotid ultrasonography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing exercise echocardiography

Conclusive EE (N = 131)

 

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95%CI)

PPV (95% CI)

NPV (95% CI)

Efficiency (95% CI)

AUC (95% CI)

PLR

NLR

EE

92.4% (84.4–96.5)

61.5% (48.0–73.5)

78.5% (69.1–85.6)

84.2% (69.6–92.6)

80.2% (72.5–86.1)

0.77 (0.68–0.86)

2.40

0.12

EE + CP

98.1% (90.1–99.7)

63.3% (45.5–78.1)

82.5% (71.4–90.0)

95.0% (76.4–99.1)

85.5% (76.4–91.5)

0.81 (0.70–0.92)

2.68

0.03

  1. AUC area under the curve, NLR negative likelihood ratio, NPV negative predictive value, PLR positive likelihood ratio, PPV positive predictive value. Rest of abbreviations as in Tables 1, 2 and 3
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