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Table. 2 Sensitivity and specificity of the detection of common fetal trisomies

From: Novel method of real-time PCR-based screening for common fetal trisomies

 

Down syndrome

Edward syndrome

Patau syndrome

Overall

Sensitivity, %

92.86 (66.13–99.82)

100 (47.82–100.00)

100 (29.24–100.00)

95.45 (77.16–99.88)

Specificity, %

98.91 (98.06–99.46)

99.80 (99.29–99.98)

99.90 (99.45–100.00)

98.60 (97.66–99.23)

LR + 

85.18 (46.49–156.04)

509.00 (127.47–2032.43)

1020.00 (143.82–7234.10)

68.25 (40.25–115.73)

LR–

0.07 (0.01–0.48)

0.00 (0.00–NaN)

0.00 (0.00–NaN)

0.05 (0.01–0.31)

PPV, %

54.17 (32.82–74.45)

71.43 (29.04–96.33)

75.00 (19.41–99.37)

60.00 (42.11–76.13)

NPV, %

99.90 (99.44–100.00)

100.00 (99.64–100.00)

100.00 (99.64–100.00)

99.90 (99.44–100.00)

Accuracy, %

98.83 (97.96–99.39)

99.80 (99.30–99.98)

99.90 (99.46–100.00)

98.53 (97.59–99.18)

  1. Data in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals; LR + , positive likelihood ratio; LR-, negative likelihood ratio; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; NaN, not-a-number