Table 2 |
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| Diagnostic accuracy of red pattern for rapidity of the death | ||||
| Group | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value |
| vs. non-rapidly | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) |
| Rapidly | 57.7% | 85.7% | 75.0% | 73.2% |
| (0.369 to 0.766) | (0.697 to 0.952) | (0.509 to 0.913) | (0.571 to 0.858) | |
| Combination of Rapidly and Presumed-rapidly | 58.1% | 85.7% | 83.3% | 62.5% |
| (0.421 to 0.730) | (0.697 to 0.952) | (0.653 to 0.944) | (0.474 to 0.760) | |
| Rapidly excluded HS, < 12 yrs | 88.2% | 83.3% | 75.0% | 92.6% |
| (0.636 to 0.985) | (0.653 to 0.944) | (0.509 to 0.913) | (0.757 to 0.991) | |
CI, indicates confidence intervals; HS, hemorrhagic shock cases; <12 yrs, cases under 12 years of age.
Kotani et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2012 7:182 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-7-182
