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Table 6 Comparison between the predictive ability of our percentiles and those of Buthani.

From: Development and validation of serum bilirubin nomogram to predict the absence of risk for severe hyperbilirubinaemia before discharge: a prospective, multicenter study

Hours of age

TP

(n)

FN

(n)

TN

(n)

FP

(n)

Sensitivity

(%)

Specificity

(%)

PPV

(%)

NPV

(%)

24 to 96 hours

        

< 40 th percentile of Buthani nomogran

54

1

1344

768

98.2

63.6

6.6

99.9

< 50 th percentile of our nomogram

54

1

1336

776

98.2

63.3

6.5

99.9

< 75 th percentile of Buthani nomogram

44

11

1861

251

80.0

88.1

14.9

99.4

< 75 th percentile of our nomogram

51

4

1748

364

92.7

82.8

12.3

99.8

  1. TP True Positive; FN False Negative; TN True negative; FP False Positive; PPV Positive Predictive Value; NPV Negative Predictive Value