Research Article

Ascertainment and Verification of End-Stage Renal Disease and End-Stage Liver Disease in the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design

Table 3

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of screening algorithms for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and end-stage liver disease (ESLD) outcomes among participants in the randomly selected subcohort ( for ESRD and for ESLD).

OutcomeScreened positive ()Verified case ()SensitivitySpecificity PPVNPV

End-stage renal disease
Overall (diagnosis OR laboratory)7662100%99%82%100%
 Diagnosis criteria only211727%100%81%98%
 Laboratory criteria only584877%100%83%99%
 Diagnosis AND laboratory criteria335%100%100%98%
End-stage liver disease
Overall (diagnosis OR laboratory)15441100%95%27%100%
 Diagnosis criteria only1353995%96%29%100%
 Laboratory criteria only36820%99%22%99%
 Diagnosis AND laboratory criteria17615%100%35%99%
 Diagnosis of ascites, SBP, or variceal hemorrhagea622459%98%39%99%

aSubgroup of diagnoses used to screen for ESLD.