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Table 2 Performance characteristics of Tetraplex system with reference to QMVR for identification of MMR-deficient CRCs in the test set

From: Accuracy of four mononucleotide-repeat markers for the identification of DNA mismatch-repair deficiency in solid tumors

No. of markers displaying allelic variation

The Tetraplex marker panel

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

4

88.6 (81.1–93.3)

100 (98.2–100)

100 (96.0–100)

94.6 (90.9–96.9)

3

95.2 (89.3–97.9)

100 (98.2–100)

100 (96.3–100)

97.7 (94.7–99.0)

2

96.2 (90.6–98.5)

100 (98.2–100)

100 (96.4–100)

98.1 (95.3–99.3)

1

97.1 (91.9–99.0)

95.3 (91.5–97.4)

91.1 (84.3–95.1)

98.6 (95.8–99.5)

  1. Results are expressed as percentages (%), with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses
  2. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value