Clinical Study
Conjunctivitis and Total IgE in Lacrimal Fluid: Lacrytest Screening
Table 2
Sensitivity and
specificity of the Lacrytest (IgE-mediated conjunctivitis before and after CPT versus control group).
| | IgE-mediated conjunctivitis before
CPT | Control | Total | | IgE-mediated conjunctivitis after CPT | Control | Total |
| | TEST + | 6 | 0 | 6 | TEST + | 20 | 0 | 20 | | TEST− | 24 | 15 | 39 | TEST− | 10 | 15 | 25 | | Total | 30 | 15 | 45 | Total | 30 | 15 | 45 |
| | Sensitivity: 20% | Sensitivity: 66.66% | | Specificity: 100% | Specificity: 100% | | Positive predictive value: 100% | Positive predictive value: 100% | | Negative predictive value: 38.46% | Negative predictive value: 60% |
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