Table 3 Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice MSCT in women versus men
WomenMen
Segmental basis
Interpretable728/762 (96, 95 to 97)704/723 (97, 96 to 98)
Sensitivity41/48 (85, 75 to 95)81/95 (85, 78 to 92)
Specificity673/680 (99, 98 to 100)603/609 (99, 98 to 100)
PPV41/48 (85, 75 to 95)81/87 (93, 88 to 98)
NPV673/680 (99, 98 to 100)603/617 (98, 97 to 99)
Positive LR (LR, 95% CI)82.98 (39.34 to 174.99)86.54 (38.86 to 192.72)
Negative LR (LR, 95% CI)0.15 (0.07 to 0.29)0.15 (0.09 to 0.24)
Diagnostic OR (OR, 95% CI)563.12 (191.21 to 1659.22)581.46 (220.59 to 1524.5)
Vessel basis
Interpretable200/208 (96, 93 to 99)200/204 (98, 96 to 100)
Sensitivity34/37 (92, 83 to 100)56/63 (89, 81 to 97)
Specificity158/163 (97, 94 to 100)132/137 (96, 93 to 99)
PPV34/39 (87, 76 to 98)56/61 (92, 85 to 99)
NPV158/161 (98, 96 to 100)132/139 (95, 91 to 99)
Positive LR (LR, 95% CI)29.96 (12.57 to 71.38)24.36 (10.26 to 57.83)
Negative LR (LR, 95% CI)0.08 (0.03 to 0.25)0.12 (0.06 to 0.23)
Diagnostic OR (OR, 95% CI)358.13 (84.76 to 1494.5)211.2 (65.48 to 679.41)
Patient basis
Interpretable50/52 (96, 91 to 100)50/51 (98, 94 to 100)
Sensitivity21/22 (95, 87 to 100)32/32 (100, NA)
Specificity26/28 (93, 83 to 100)16/18 (89, 74 to 100)
PPV21/23 (91, 79 to 100)32/34 (94, 86 to 100)
NPV26/27 (96, 89 to 100)16/16 (100, NA)
Positive LR (LR, 95% CI)13.36 (3.50 to 50.97)9 (2.44 to 33.24)
Negative LR (LR, 95% CI)0.05 (0.01 to 0.33)0 (0 to 0.09)
Diagnostic OR (OR, 95% CI)273 (27.14 to 2464.86)NA
  • Data are absolute values used to calculate percentages unless otherwise indicated. Data in parentheses are the percentages with 95% confidence intervals unless otherwise indicated.

  • CI, confidence intervals; LR, likelihood ratio; MSCT, multislice computed tomography; NA, not applicable; NPV, negative predictive value; OR, odds ratio; PPV, positive predictive value.