Validation of EGSYS Score in Prediction of Cardiogenic Syncope

Table 4

Screening performance characteristics of EGSYS-U¹ and EGSYS-M² in prediction of cardiac causes of syncope (cut-off point ≥3).

Screening performance characteristics	EGSYS-U (95% CI^3)	EGSYS-M (95% CI)
Sensitivity	86.08 (78.09–91.59)	91.30 (84.20–95.52)
Specificity	68.29 (56.97–77.86)	57.32 (45.92–68.02)
Positive predictive value	79.20 (70.83–85.73)	57.00 (66.84–81.75)
Negative predictive value	77.78 (66.15–86.39)	82.46 (69.64–90.82)
Positive likelihood ratio	3.81 (2.67–5.42)	3.00 (2.22–4.06)
Negative likelihood ratio	0.29 (0.18–0.44)	0.21 (0.12–0.38)

EGSYS-U: Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study-Univariate.
²EGSYS-M: Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study-Multivariate.
³CI: confidence interval.