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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Validity of the scoring system versus histopathology as a gold standard

From: Diagnostic accuracy, reliability, and reviewer agreement of a new proposed risk prediction model for metastatic cervical lymph node from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using MDCT

 

Observer 1

Observer 2

AUC

0.877

0.887

Cut off

> 3

> 3

CI

0.822–0.932

0.835–0.938

Sensitivity

89.2%

91.2%

Specificity

70%

68.3%

PPV

83.5%

83.2%

NPV

79.2%

83.7%

Accuracy

82.1%

83.3%

  1. AUC—area under curve, CI—confidence interval, PPV—positive predictive value, NPV—negative predictive value
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