Table 1

Results of the 13 C-UBT in children and adolescents*

Patients and Methods

Sample Collection Time [Minutes]

30

60

30

60

30

30

30

30

30

30

60

Age Limits [Years]

0.3–5

5–8

8–11

11–14

14–18

Number of Tests

251

251

251

251

138

289

383

278

137

1223

1232

Method of Analysis

LR

LR

BM

BM

BM

BM

BM

BM

BM

BM

BM

Histology used

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Threshold Results

Threshold from Logistic Regression (LR) [‰Δδ]

5.29

6.76

SD [‰Δδ]

0.3

0.5

R2 LR

0.91

0.85

Threshold from Specificity [‰Δδ]

5.66

6.72

9.10

5.57

6.83

6.46

4.97

5.78

6.19

SD [‰Δδ]

4.46

1.22

0.86

1.05

1.46

0.45

0.42

Positive plus Negative Predictive Values [‰Δδ]

5.54

6.53

12.25

7.78

8.11

7.24

5.56

7.19

7.55

SD [‰Δδ]

5.10

1.66

1.00

1.19

1.76

0.56

0.53

Performance Results

Sensitivity

0.95

0.93

0.91

0.94

0.94

0.91

0.98

0.98

0.97

0.96

0.96

Specificity

0.97

0.95

0.96

0.97

0.95

0.94

0.98

0.97

0.96

0.96

0.95

Positive predictive value

0.97

0.96

0.95

0.97

0.95

0.94

0.98

0.98

0.96

0.96

0.95

Negative predictive value

0.95

0.92

0.89

0.92

0.98

0.97

0.99

0.99

0.98

0.99

0.99

AUROC

0.94

0.98

0.98

0.99

0.98

0.97

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99

0.99


*Mean results from bootstrapping. Empty fields: not applicable. BM: Binormal maximum likelihood modeling. LR: Logistic regression. SD: Standard Deviation. UBT: Urea Breath Test. AUROC: Area under the receiver operator characteristic curve.

Herold and Becker BMC Gastroenterology 2002 2:12   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-2-12

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