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Table 4 Performance characteristics of Tetraplex system with reference to QMVR for identification of MMR-deficient ECs in the validation set (n = 138)

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

70.7 (55.5–82.4)

100 (96.2–100)

100 (88.3–100)

89.0 (81.7–93.6)

3

85.4 (71.6–93.1)

100 (96.2–100)

100 (90.1–100)

94.2 (87.9–97.3)

2

87.8 (74.5–94.7)

100 (96.2–100)

100 (90.4–100)

95.1 (89.0–97.9)

1

92.7 (80.6–97.5)

97.9 (92.8–99.4)

95.0 (83.5–98.6)

96.9 (91.4–99.0)

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