The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity, NPV, PPV of SWM

From: Semmes Weinstein monofilament test for detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: sensitivity and specificity

		Confident interval
		Lower (%)	Upper (%)
Sensitivity	80%	62.4	97.5
Specificity	100%	100	100
PPV	100%	100	100
NPV	85.1%	71.7	98.5
Overall Accuracy	90.7%	82	99.3	P = 0.000, highly sensitive

PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value

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