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Table 2 Diagnostic accuracy of red pattern for rapidity of the death

From: Relationship of red splenic arteriolar hyaline with rapid death: a clinicopathological study of 82 autopsy cases

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)

  1. CI, indicates confidence intervals; HS, hemorrhagic shock cases; <12 yrs, cases under 12 years of age.