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Table 6 Criterion range and specificity of weeks after placental perfusion examination in screening for unexplained stillbirths at given false negative rates

From: Abnormal placental perfusion and the risk of stillbirth: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study

Stratification False negative rate
1.0% 2.5% 5.0% 10.0%
Criterion range (weeks) Specificity (%, (95% CI)) Criterion range (weeks) Specificity (%, (95% CI)) Criterion range (weeks) Specificity (%, (95% CI)) Criterion range (weeks) Specificity (%, (95% CI))
Placental perfusion
 Normal group 3.0–15.7 66.89 (65.24–83.29) 3.0–15.7 68.26 (65.61–83.74) 3.0–15.4 75.08 (67.13–90.24) 3.0–15.0 83.58 (67.65–93.62)
 APP group 5.0–17.6 11.29 (9.65–61.00) 5.0–17.6 11.85 (9.89–62.43) 5.0–17.5 12.78 (10.31–84.98) 5.0–17.1 61.39 (11.19–89.62)
Sex
 Male 3.0–14.6 89.24 (88.47–92.89) 3.0–14.6 89.55 (88.57–93.27) 3.0–14.6 90.06 (88.75–93.73) 3.0–14.1 93.02 (89.17–94.63)
 Female 4.0–17.6 13.87 (12.94–67.78) 4.0–17.5 14.66 (13.21–68.94) 4.0–15.7 67.17 (13.95–83.56) 4.0–15.7 69.29 (14.55–84.20)
Combination
 Normal and male 3.0–14.1 93.37 (92.65–95.09) 3.0–14.1 93.49 (92.76–95.22) 3.0–14.1 93.68 (92.90–95.47) 3.0–14.0 94.05 (93.03–95.90)
 Normal and female 4.0–15.7 68.28 (66.92–77.05) 4.0–15.7 69.02 (67.17–84.48) 4.0–15.7 70.27 (67.49–84.85) 4.0–15.4 77.06 (68.01–85.60)
 APP and male 5.1–14.6 84.06 (81.53–89.19) 5.1–14.6 84.17 (81.64–89.37) 5.1–14.6 84.35 (81.83–89.49) 5.1–14.5 84.72 (82.21–89.91)
 APP and female 5.0–17.6 12.32 (9.89–61.80) 5.0–17.6 12.60 (10.03–62.36) 5.0–17.5 13.06 (10.16–63.35) 5.0–17.5 13.98 (10.41–66.22)
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