Research Article

A Cost-Benefit and Accurate Method for Assessing Microalbuminuria: Single versus Frequent Urine Analysis

Table 1

Details of accuracy analysis in total, hypertensive, and normotensive populations.

Population TPFPFNTNSensitivitySpecificityPPVNPV

Total 120510970.6% (44.0%–88.6%)100% (95.8%–100%) 100% (69.9%–100%)95.6% (89.6%–98.4%)
Hypertensive 11047373.3% (44.8%–91.1%) 100% (93.8%–100%) 100% (67.9%–100%)94.8% (86.5%–98.3%)
Normotensive 1013650.0% (2.66%–97.3%) 100% (88.0%–100%) 100% (5.46%–100%)97.3% (84.2%–99.9%)