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Table 9 Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of the number of criteria for cancer

From: Ultrasound criteria for risk stratification of thyroid nodules in the previously iodine deficient area of Austria - a single centre, retrospective analysis

Cancer

≥1 criterion

≥2 criteria

≥3 criteria

≥4 criteria

5 criteria

Sensitivity

93%

85%

59%

36%

8%

Specificity

16%

45%

75%

93%

99%

PPV

29%

37%

46%

66%

67%

NPV

85%

89%

83%

80%

74%