Table 5 Calculated sensitivity and specificity of detecting unreliable CRP values using an absolute criterion. Results are given for men, no-oral contraceptives (OC) using women, and oral contraceptives using women, separately.
Men | No OC-using women | OC-using women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | |
2.75 mg/l | 0.65 | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.99 | 0.67 | 0.78 |
2.50 mg/l | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.98 | 0.83 | 0.74 |
2.25 mg/l | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 0.97 | 0.67 | 0.78 |
2.00 mg/l | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.70 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.62 |
1.75 mg/l | 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 0.52 |
1.50 mg/l | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 0.45 |
1.00 mg/l | 1.00 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.76 | 1.00 | 0.29 |