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Table 2 Performance characteristics of SIAscopy for the diagnosis of 'suspicious' in the different datasets of lesions.

From: Accuracy of SIAscopy for pigmented skin lesions encountered in primary care: development and validation of a new diagnostic algorithm

 

Development dataset

(Moncrieff scoring system)

UK validation dataset

(PCSA)

Australian validation dataset (PCSA)

Sensitivity

(95% CI)

0.54 (0.35 - 0.72)

0.50 (0.18-0.81)

0.44 (0.32-0.58)

Specificity

(95% CI)

0.77 (0.73 - 0.81)

0.84 (0.78-0.88)

0.95 (0.93-0.97)

Positive predictive value

(95% CI)

0.12 (0.075 - 0.20)

0.09 (0.03-0.22)

0.52 (0.38-0.66)

Negative predictive value

(95% CI)

0.96 (0.93 - 0.98)

0.98 (0.95-0.99)

0.95 (0.92-0.96)