Table 6

Effect of definition of ‘Prolonged’ closure time on specificity and positive predictive value for a diagnosis of non-cardiac symptoms

ThresholdSpecificity, 95% CI (%)Positive predictive value, 95% CI (%)Patients with non-cardiac symptoms identified (%)
95th centile (≥160 s)100 (96.6 to 100)100 (83.9 to 100)6.4 (21/330)
90th centile (≥138 s)98.1 (93.3 to 99.8)95.4 (84.2 to 99.4)12.4 (41/330)
80th centile (≥117 s)88.6 (80.9 to 94.0)86.2 (77.2 to 92.7)22.7 (75/330)