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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of radiographic changes in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and control group

From: Does the use of panoramic radiography add information in the temporomandibular joint evaluation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis patients? A case control study

 

Sensitivity

CI 95%

Specificity

cCI 95%

 + dPV

cCI 95%

- dPV

CI 95%

Erosion

0.34

(0.25–0.42)

0.91

(0.85–0.95)

0.79

(0.66–0.88)

0.58

(0.50–0.64)

Altered condylar morphology

0.52

(0.43–0.61)

0.92

(0.86–0.96)

0.87

(0.78–0.93)

0.66

(0.58–0.72)

Disproportion between COPa and CRPb

0.53

(0.46–0.63)

0.81

(0.74–0.87)

0.74

(0.65–0.83)

0.64

(0.56–0.71)

Accentuated antegonial notch

0.34

(0.26–0.42)

0.82

(0.75–0.88)

0.66

(0.53–0.77)

0.55

(0.48–0.62)

Presence of all alterations

0.14

(0.09–0.21)

0.98

(0.94–0.99)

0.90

(0.70–0.98)

0.53

(0.47–0.59)

No alterations

0.25

(0.18–0.33)

0.34

(0.26–0.35)

0.28

(0.20–0.35)

0.31

(0.24–0.39)

  1. acondylar process (COP) and the bcoronoid process (CRP) cCI—confidence interval; + dPV—positive predictive value and -dPV—negative predictive value