Research Article

Performance of Routine Helicobacter pylori Invasive Tests in Patients with Dyspepsia

Table 4

Results of the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy among the tests.

Test Sensitivity (%)Specificity (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)Accuracy (%)

Culture91.4610010095.9197.15
Histology (antrum)95.1295.1290.7097.5095.12
Histology (corpus)76.8396.9592.6589.3390.24
Histology (antrum and corpus)95.1295.1290.7097.5095.12
CLO test (antrum)64.6310010084.9788.21
CLO test (corpus)69.5110010096.7789.83
CLO test (antrum and corpus)86.5910010093.7195.52