Viability predictive factors of the daughter vesicles in hepatic cystic echinococcosis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Threshold for quantitative parameters according to ROC curves

Parameters	Threshold	Se (%)	Sp (%)	VPN (%)
Size of the cyst (Fig. 2a)	43 mm	100	10	100
	95 mm	72	58	63
	125 mm	35	80	48
Intracystic pressure (Fig. 2b)	9.5 mmHg	95	1	14
	35 mmHg	68	55	59
	61 mmHg	25	84	45
Size of the DV (Fig. 2c)	6.5 mm	99	8	100
	12.7 mm	83	70	72
	16.2 mm	60	89	66
Number of DV/cyst (Fig. 2d)	5	89	36	55
Number of DV/cyst (Fig. 2d)	7	71	40	51

Se: Sensitivity; Sp: specificity; VPN: negative predictive value; DV: daughter vesicle

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