Table 1 Meta-analysis of of diagnostic accuracy of brain natriuretic peptides (BNP) for heart failure using the left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less as reference standard
From: Meta-analysis and meta-modelling for diagnostic problems
Diseased | Healthy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study i | yi(TP) | mi− yi(FN) | xi(TN) | ni− xi(FP) | ni+ mi |
Bettencourt 2000 | 29 | 7 | 46 | 19 | 101 |
Choy 1994 | 34 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 75 |
Valli 2001 | 49 | 9 | 78 | 17 | 153 |
Vasan 2002a | 4 | 6 | 1612 | 85 | 1707 |
Vasan 2002b | 20 | 40 | 1339 | 71 | 1470 |
Hutcheon 2002 | 29 | 2 | 102 | 166 | 299 |
Landray 2000 | 26 | 14 | 75 | 11 | 126 |
Smith 2000 | 11 | 1 | 93 | 50 | 155 |