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Table 8 Unadjusted and corrected sensitivities and specificities of LFpen and FC in detecting D3

From: Comparative diagnostic accuracy studies with an imperfect reference standard – a comparison of correction methods

 

Methods

Accuracy measures

Unadjusted (95% CI)

Brenner (95% CI)

Staquet et al (95% CI)

Dentine caries lesion (D3) – LFpen

 Sensitivity

0.95 (0.77, 0.99)

0.86 (0.66, 0.95)

1.04 (NaN)

 Specificity

0.88 (0.85, 0.91)

0.87 (0.83, 0.90)

0.90 (0.87, 0.93)

Dentine caries lesion (D3) – FC

 Sensitivity

1.00 (0.85, 1.00)

0.91 (0.72, 0.98)

1.09 (NaN)

 Specificity

0.90 (0.87, 0.93)

0.89 (0.86, 0.92)

0.92 (0.89, 0.94)

  1. CI Confidence interval, LFpen Laser florescence pen, FC Fluorescence camera, NaN Not available or cannot be estimated
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