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Table 5 Site-specific accuracy of the best-performing algorithms

From: Validation of an algorithm based on administrative data to detect new onset of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Study sites

Sensitivity % (95% CI)

Specificity % (95% CI)

PPV % (95% CI)

NPV % (95% CI)

Panel A – Site-specific accuracy of the algorithm achieving the highest overall PPV (Algorithm 6)

 UHC A

61.5 (54.3–68.7)

88.9 (85.3–92.4)

75.9 (68.8–83.0)

80.2 (75.9–84.4)

 UHC B

78.7 (72.1–85.2)

85.9 (82.2–89.5)

70.7 (63.8–77.6)

90.3 (87.1–93.5)

Panel B – Site-specific accuracy of the algorithm achieving highest overall sensitivity (Algorithm 5)

 UHC A

62.6 (55.5–69.8)

87.9 (84.2–91.5)

74.6 (67.6–81.7)

80.5 (76.2–84.7)

 UHC B

79.3 (72.9–85.8)

84.4 (80.6–88.3)

68.8 (61.9–75.7)

90.4 (87.2–93.6)

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value