Skip to main content

Table 3 More performance indices for In-house PCR

From: Evaluation of in-house PCR for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda

Performance Indices

Index value

95% CI

Sensitivity

75%

62.6-85.0

Specificity

35.9%

27.2-45.3

Positive Predictive Value

39%

30.4-48.2

Negative Predictive Value

72.4%

59.1-83.3

Diagnostic Likelihood ratio (Positive)

1.17

0.96-1.42

Diagnostic Likelihood ratio (Negative)

0.70

0.43-1.14