Table 4

Diagnostic metrics by cohort for ESC-rule-in overall 99th percentile threshold

CohortAMINot AMIProportion not low risk (%)Sensitivity (%)Specificity (%)Negative predictive value (%)Positive predictive value (%)
hs-cTnI
Brisbane ADAPTTest positive1056.066.7 (38.3 to 88.2)97.9 (95.1 to 99.3)97.9 (95.1 to 99.3)66.7 (38.4 to 88.2)
Test negative5231
Christchurch ADAPTTest positive47713.260.3 (48.5 to 71.2)97.9 (95.7 to 99.1)91.3 (87.8 to 93.9)87.0 (75.1 to 94.6)
Test negative31324
Christchurch ADAPT-ADPTest positive2119.375.0 (55.1 to 89.3)99.5 (97.4 to 100)96.7 (93.4 to 98.7)95.5 (77.2 to 99.9)
Test negative7208
Christchurch EDACSTest positive617.075.0 (34.9 to 96.8)98.9 (94.1 to 100)97.8 (92.4 to 99.7)85.7 (42.1 to 99.6)
Test negative291
Hamilton RINGTest positive249.466.7 (9.4 to 99.2)93.4 (84.1 to 98.2)98.3 (90.9 to 100)33.3 (4.3 to 77.8)
Test negative157
hs-cTnT
Brisbane ADAPTTest positive1035.162.5 (35.4 to 84.8)98.7 (96.3 to 99.8)97.5 (94.6 to 99.1)76.9 (46.2 to 95.0)
Test negative6234
Christchurch ADAPTTest positive351010.440.2 (29.9 to 51.3)97.1 (94.7 to 98.6)86.5 (82.7 to 89.8)77.8 (62.9 to 88.9)
Test negative52334
Christchurch ADAPT-ADPTest positive25713.589.3 (71.8 to 97.7)96.7 (93.2 to 98.6)98.5 (95.8 to 99.7)78.1 (60.0 to 99.7)
Test negative3202
Hamilton RINGTest positive2815.666.7 (9.4 to 99.2)86.7 (75.8 to 94.2)98.1 (90.1 to 100)20.0 (2.5 to 55.6)
Test negative153
  • Bold text represents primary outcome metrics.

  • ESC-rule-in: absolute change of ≥50% the 99th percentile at 3 h in patients with a 0 h hs-cTnI concentration ≤99th percentile and a relative change of ≥20% at 3 h in patients with a 0 h hs-cTnI concentration >99th percentile.

  • ADP, Accelerated Diagnostic Pathway; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; hs-cTnI, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I; hs-cTnT, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T.