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Table 5 Diagnostic utility measures for serum ALP level thresholds

From: Can we identify individuals with an ALPL variant in adults with persistent hypophosphatasaemia?

ALPa levels

Sensitivity

Especificity

PPV

NVP

+LR

-LR

<  20 IU/L

15.4%

100%

100%

57.7%

Infinity

0.85

< 25 IU/L

43.6%

97.8%

94.4%

66.7%

19.8

0.58

< 30 IU/L

82.1%

44.4%

56.1%

74.1%

1.48

0.4

<  35 IU/L

97.4%

4.4%

46.9%

66.7%

1.02

0.59

  1. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, LR likelihood ratio, ALP Alkaline phosphatase