Research Article

Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of Second Trimester Amniotic Fluid to Assess Preterm Births

Table 2

Results for the cross-validation of the calibration model and diagnostic statistics.

Preterm pregnanciesControl term pregnancies

No. of group11No. of group216
Prematurity index (PI) ( )0.77 ± 0.08*Prematurity index ( )1.00 ± 0.02
True positives11True negatives216
False negatives0False positives0
Sensitivity100%Specificity100%
Positive predictive value100%Negative predictive value100%

value < 0.001.