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Table 5 Test characteristics of CDI in the Hospitalization Admission and Discharge Database (DAD) to CDI in the laboratory dataset

From: Effect of clinical versus administrative data definitions on the epidemiology of C. difficile among hospitalized individuals with IBD: a population-based cohort study

 

IBD

No IBD

p-value

CD

UC

p-value

Admissions

12,147

46,877

 

6,792

5,355

 

True positive

0.76

0.40

< 0.0001

0.63

0.92

0.18

False negative

0.25

0.14

 

0.27

0.22

 

False positive

0.37

0.09

 

0.31

0.45

 

True negative

98.63

99.37

 

98.79

98.41

 

Overall diagnostic accuracy

99.38

99.77

< 0.001

99.43

99.33

0.56

Sensitivity

75.41

73.83

0.80

70.49

80.33

0.29

Specificity

99.63

99.91

< 0.001

99.69

99.55

0.23

Positive predictive value

67.15

82.17

0.0014

67.19

67.12

1

Negative predictive value

99.75

99.86

0.016

99.73

99.77

0.72

  1. UC ulcerative colitis, CD Crohn’s disease
  2. *Bolded p-values are statistically significant