Performance characteristics of athlete preparticipation screening using medical history and physical examination in conjunction with ECG as dictated by the 2005 and 2010 ESC criteria for ECG interpretation in the athlete
Performance metric | 2005 ESC criteria | 2010 ESC criteria |
Sensitivity | 0.909 | 0.909 |
Specificity | 0.830 | 0.895 |
PPV | 0.106 | 0.161 |
NPV | 0.998 | 0.998 |
False positive rate | 0.169 | 0.100 |
False negative rate | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Accuracy | 0.832 | 0.900 |
The table reflects screening performance for subjects (n=11) with findings suggestive of, or diagnostic for, underlying pathology.
ESC, European Society of Cardiology; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.