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Table 4 Performance of premenstrual spotting, TSH level > 2.5 µlU/ml, dysmenorrhea and/or dyspareunia as marker for non-invasive diagnostic of endometriosis

From: Can TSH level and premenstrual spotting constitute a non-invasive marker for the diagnosis of endometriosis?

Tested hypothesis

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Positive predictive value (%)

Negative predictive value (%)

Accuracy (%)

H1 (n = 167)a

32.71

85

79.55

41.46

51.50

H2 (n = 141)

25.29

90.74

81.48

42.98

50.35

H3 (n = 166)

14.15

95

83.33

38.51

43.37

H4 (n = 140)

11.63

94.44

76.92

40.16

43.57

H5 (n = 167)

51.40

78.33

80.88

47.47

61.08

H6 (n = 167)

52.34

50

62.12

37.04

51.50

  1. aData are presented as percentage