Skip to main content

Table 4 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio and Kappa values for each syncope criteria for mortality

From: Comparison of existing syncope rules and newly proposed anatolian syncope rule to predict short-term serious outcomes after syncope in the Turkish population

 

OESIL

(95% CI)

SFSR

(95% CI)

EGSYS

(95% CI)

ASR > 1

(95% CI)

ASR > 2

(95% CI)

Sensitivity

0.90

(0.54 to 0.99)

1

(0.66 to 1.00)

0.80

(0.44 to 0.97)

1

(0.66 to 1)

1

(0.66 to 1)

Specificity

0.76

(0.70 to 0.82)

0.70

(0.63 to 0.76)

0.80

(0.74 to 0.85)

0.63

(0.56 to 0.69)

0.78

(0.72 to 0.83)

True positive

(PPV)

0.15

(0.07 to 0.27)

0.13

(0.07 to 0.23)

0.15

(0.07 to 0.29)

0.11

(0.06 to 0.20)

0.17

(0.09 to 0.30)

False positive

0.85

(0.74 to 0.93)

0.87

(0.77 to 0.93)

0.85

(0.71 to 0.93)

0.89

(0.80 to 0.94)

0.83

(0.70 to 0.91)

True negative

(NPV)

0.99

(0.96 to 1.00)

1

(0.97 to 1.00)

0.99

(0.96 to 1.00)

1

(0.97 to 1)

1

(0.97 to 1)

False negative

0.006

(0.00 to 0.04)

0

(0.00 to 0.03)

0.01

(0.00 to 0.04)

0

(0 to 0.03)

0

(0 to 0.03)

Positive LR

3.83

(2.79 to 5.24)

3.30

(2.70 to 4.03)

4.02

(2.67 to 6.04)

2.70

(2.27 to 3.20)

4.60

(3.58 to 5.91)

Negative LR

0.13

(0.02 to 0.84)

0

(0 to 0)

0.25

(0.07 to 0.86)

0

(0 to 0)

0

(0 to 0)

Kappa for

mortality

0.31

0.30

0.29

0.26

0.37

  1. ASR: Anatolian Syncope Rule; CI: confidence interval; EGSYS: Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study; LR: likelihood ratio; NPV: negative predictive value; OESIL: Osservatorio Epidemiologico sulla Sincope nel Lazio; PPV: positive predictive value; SFSR: San Francisco Syncope Rule.