Table 3

Pooled LRs for BNP in emergency department settings

BNP cutoff (pg/ml)
Number of studies/number of patients with information on this cutoff
Positive LR
Negative LR

50–80
4/2109
2.4
.08
100–105
7/2989
3.4
.14
150–199
8/2944
3.8
.16
200–299
6/1268
4.6
.16
300–400
3/596
7.6
.17

LR from random effects model

Korenstein et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2007 7:6   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-7-6