Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration: Comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance - American Samoa, 2016. by Meru Sheel, Sarah Sheridan, Katherine Gass, Kimberly Won, Saipale Fuimaono, Martyn Kirk, Amor Gonzales, Shannon M Hedtke, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau

“…School-based TAS had limited sensitivity (range 0-23.8%) and negative predictive value (range 25-83.3%) but had high specificity (range 83.3-100%) and positive predictive value (range 0-100%) for identifying villages with ongoing transmission.…”
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Comparison of clinical nasal endoscopy, optical biopsy, and artificial intelligence in early diagnosis and treatment planning in laryngeal cancer: a prospective observational study by Ruifang Hu, Xianping Liu, Yong Zhang, Clement Arthur, Dongguang Qin

“…Diagnostic performance was calculated using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV).ResultsThe study revealed superior sensitivity (95.2%) and specificity (96.5%) with AI-enhanced endoscopy compared to conventional endoscopy (89.6%, 92.4%), respectively. …”
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Diagnostic utility of auramine O smear microscopy for detecting non-tuberculous mycobacteria versus Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in adult clinical samples: a 5-year retrospec... by Nadia Atiya, Leong Tung Ong, Thian Chee Loh, Chee Kuan Wong, Azwani Abdullah

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using Open Epi Version 3.01. …”
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The validity of a new resilience scale: the Japan Resilience Scale (J-RS) for mothers with a focus on cultural aspects by Mariko Takeuchi, Michiko Matsunaga, Akimitsu Miyake, Ryuichiro Egashira, Sayaka Hotta, Mai Nakano, Misaki Moriguchi, Fumihiko Yasuno, Masako Myowa, Keisuke Hagihara

“…At a cutoff of 59/60, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 84.1%, 63.9%, 34.6%, and 94.7% respectively. …”
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Complement levels and their diagnostic utility in neonatal sepsis by Fuqiang Diao, Feng Zhong, Lingling Tang, Chunming Gu, Junfei Guo, Lihong Wu, Weixiang Wu, Mingyong Luo

“…Notably, their combined C5a + MBL indicator achieved exceptional discrimination (AUC = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.85–0.99) with 85.4% sensitivity and 97.6% specificity, yielding 97.2% positive predictive value (PPV) and 87.0% negative predictive value (NPV).Positive correlations were found between C4 levels and C-reactive protein (CRP), and C3 levels and neutrophil percentage (Neut%), while negative correlations were observed between C5 and MBL levels and total cholesterol (TCH). …”
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Associations Between the Atherogenic Index of Plasma and Triglyceride-Glucose Index With Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Hypertensive Patients by Cui X, Li M, Jing A, Zhang Y, Zheng L, Li T, Hao T, Lang J, Guo Z, Cong H, Zhang Y

“…Both biomarkers exhibit strong predictive value, with AIP showing greater specificity and TyG higher sensitivity. …”
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The Aggregate Index of Systemic Inflammation (AISI) is a Novel IgA Nephropathy Prognosis Predictor by Liu H, Tang G, Yu D, Gu P, Zhu X, Wang A, Yuan Y, Jiang X

“…We aimed to evaluate its predictive value in IgAN.Patients and Methods: This retrospective single-center study included 1792 biopsy-confirmed IgAN patients from October 2019 to September 2023 with> 12-month follow-up. …”
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Seroprevalence of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> in Cattle in Southern Egypt: Do Milk and Serum Samples Tell the Same Story? by Ragab M. Fereig, El-Sayed El-Alfy, Azzah S. Alharbi, Mona Z. Abdelraheem, Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Mosaab A. Omar, Omnia M. Kandil, Caroline F. Frey

“…When the serum ELISA was taken as the gold standard, the milk ELISA had the following characteristics: sensitivity (78.9%), specificity (100%), positive predictive value (100%), negative predictive value (97.1%), and area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (0.6, <i>p</i> = 0.0011). …”
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Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: MRI findings and differentiation from rectal cancer by Peiyi Xie, Xiaoying Lou, Shuai Fu, Xiaohui Di, Qitong Huang, Zhiming Zeng, Kexin Niu, Junying Zhu, Meiyu Hu, Xiaochun Meng

“…Interestingly, in the combinations of MRI features including unrestricted diffusion, hypo- or high-low mixed intensity on T2WI, and layer enhancement or submucosal edema showed an excellent diagnostic performance with area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of 0.97 (95% CI: 0.92, 1.00), 93%, 100%, 100%, 98%, and 99%, respectively, in differentiating SRUS from rectal cancer. …”
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A simple risk index predicts endovascular treatment outcomes in acute ischemic stroke: prognostic value of SPAN-100 by Noémie Ligot, Marie Dagonnier, Boris Lubicz, Nicolas Brassart, Gilles Naeije

“…Discriminative ability was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis (AUC, 95% CI), and model performance was evaluated using AIC and BIC. The positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated for SPAN ≥100, and outcome proportions were compared between SPAN-defined groups using Fisher’s exact test.ResultsA total of 530 patients were included, of whom 116 had SPAN scores of ≥100. …”
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Evaluating the diagnostic performance of adult sepsis event criteria in the emergency department: impact of including isolated serum lactate elevations by Hyojun Park, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Hyo-Seok Oh, Jae Young Moon, Youjin Chang, Gee Young Suh

“…Diagnostic performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV). …”
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Predicting survival in bladder cancer with a novel apoptotic gene-related prognostic model by Ding-ming Song, Kun Feng, Wen-fei Luo, Dong-shan Lv, Li-po Zhou, Yi-bo He, Yanyang Jin

“…Nomogram variables, prompted from ARGM and clinical parameters, also generate a high predictive value for patient survival. Conclusion Ourestablished apoptosis-related gene model (ARGM) has a substantial predictive value for prognosis and immunotherapy of bladder cancer. …”
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FNA-Tg improves the diagnostic efficacy of FNAC for PTC lateral cervical LN metastasis by Junsong Liu, Rui Wang, Chongwen Xu, Ruimin Zhao, Shiyang Wang, Qian Zhao, Honghui Li, Xiaobao Yao, Rui Gao, Yanxia Bai, Shaoqiang Zhang

“…The optimal cutoff of FNA-Tg was 36.22 ng/mL, and the values of area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) was 0.88, 0.89, 0.75, 0.91 and 0.71, respectively. …”
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Correlation between serum inflammatory factors and psychosomatic syndrome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study by Wenjing Zhang, Yujuan Cui, Ling Sun, Chunlin Tu, Yanfang Yu

“…Binary logistic regression and ROC curve analyses were employed to assess the correlation between inflammatory factors, symptom burden, and psychosomatic syndrome, as well as their diagnostic and predictive value for psychosomatic syndrome.ResultsAmong 202 AECOPD patients, 144 were in the DCPR (+) group and 58 in the DCPR (-) group. …”
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Development and validation of a CT algorithm based on intratumoral necrosis and tumor morphology to predict the nuclear grade of small (2–4 cm) solid clear cell renal cell carcinom... by Jianyi Qu, Pingyi Zhu, Xianli Zhu, Xinyan Li, Wenjie Zhang, Xinhong Song, Xiaofei Wang, Chenchen Dai, Qianqian Zhang, Jianjun Zhou

“…The CT score of ≥ 3 exhibited a sensitivity of 54.00% and 54.76% in the initial and validation cohorts, respectively, with corresponding specificity of 90.16% and 88.07%, accuracy of 82.40% and 81.65%, positive predictive value of 60.00% and 52.27%, and negative predictive value (NPV) of 87.77% and 89.08%. …”
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Colorimetric test for early diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. by Claudia G. Solis-Hernandez, Marycamen Alegria-Ovando, Kenia M. Bastida-Guadarrama, F. Yael Duran-Vargas, Paola Zuñiga-Escobedo, Monica Garcia-Baca, D. Ernestina Espinoza-Lopez, Rodrigo Toledo-Galvan, Jessica Mejia-Ramirez, Maria F. Higuera de la Tijera, Jose L. Perez-Hernandez

“…The sensitivity of the dipstick compared to the cytochemical method was 92.3%, its specificity 86.2%, its positive predictive value (PPV) 99.4%, and its negative predictive value (NPV) 98.6%. …”
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Gut microbiota dysbiosis in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and correlation with multiple cognitive domains by Qionglei Chen, Jiayu Shi, Gaojie Yu, Huijia Xie, Shicheng Yu, Jin Xu, Jiaming Liu, Jing Sun

“…We further identified characteristic bacteria and SCFAs, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the predictive value.ResultsOur results showed that the microbiota dysbiosis index was significantly higher in the severe and mild AD patients compared to the healthy control (HC). …”
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Clinical utility of artificial intelligence–augmented endobronchial ultrasound elastography in lymph node staging for lung cancerCentral MessagePerspective by Yogita S. Patel, BSc, Anthony A. Gatti, PhD, Forough Farrokhyar, MPhil, PhD, Feng Xie, PhD, Waël C. Hanna, MDCM, MBA

“…NeuralSeg was able to predict 98 of 143 true negatives and 34 of 44 true positives, resulting in an overall accuracy of 70.59% (95% CI, 63.50-77.01), sensitivity of 43.04% (95% CI, 31.94-54.67), specificity of 90.74% (95% CI, 83.63-95.47), positive predictive value of 77.27% (95% CI, 64.13-86.60), negative predictive value of 68.53% (95% CI, 64.05-72.70), and area under the curve of 0.820 (95% CI, 0.758-0.883). …”
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Pregnancy Carpal Tunnel: Nerve/Tendon Ratio (NTR)—A New Paradigm by Fatih Şahin, Recep Yilmaz Bayraktarli, Veli Mihmanlı

“…A receiver operating characteristic curve was generated, and the NTR cut-off point of 0.82% showed a sensitivity of 51.9% and a specificity of 67.9%. The positive predictive value and the negative predictive value were 61.2% and 59.1%, respectively, with the mentioned point as the diagnostic threshold (area under the curve 0.592 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.503–0.680)). …”
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The value of ultrasonographic scoring method and nomogram in assessing cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma by Liping Chen, Yan Chen, Zhengming Hu, Huali Cai, Xiaona Lin, Jieyu Zhong, Desheng Sun

“…A score of 3 or higher had a diagnostic sensitivity for CLNM of 81.1%, specificity of 85.2%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 83.1%, negative predictive value (NPV) of 83.4%, and Kappa value of 0.664. …”
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