Negative Predictive Value

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
NPV
Pronunciation
/ˈnɛgətɪv prɪˈdɪktɪv ˈvælju/
Category
Academic & Science
Related Field
Mathematics

Examples in Context

  1. Symptoms had a similar sensitivity and specificity in HIV + and HIV − participants, but in HIV + participants they had a higher positive and a lower negative predictive value.
  2. A similar strategy with focus on a high negative predictive value of successive investigations is proposed for the exclusion of HFNEF in patients with breathlessness and no signs of congestion.
  3. The negative predictive value of dobutamine test was 100 %.
  4. The negative predictive value of HR-HPV was high, its detection rates increased with cervical lesion grades.
  5. The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of four methods were calculated.

Other meanings of NPV