TABLE 3

Statistical Measures for Diagnostic Accuracy

NameAcronymFormula
Positive predictive valuePPVTP/(TP + FP)
Negative predictive valueNPVTN/(TN + FN)
Positive likelihood ratioPLR[TP/(TP + FN)]/[FP/(FP + TN)]
Negative likelihood ratioNLR[FN/(TP + FN)]/[TN/(FP + TN)]
Sensitivity or rate of TP resultsTPRTP/(TP + FN)
Specificity or rate of TN resultsTNRTN/(TN + FP)
Conventional accuracyCA(TP + TN)/(TP + FP + FN + TN)
Balanced accuracyBA[TP/(TP + FN) + TN/(TN + FP)]/2
Discordance of accuraciesDA|CA − BA|
  • All measures except DA were expressed in terms of numbers of TP, FP, TN, and FN results.