Table 2

Diagnostic accuracy of high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) values and different time points from presentation

n=385 (%)SensitivitySpecificityPPVNPVAccuracy
0 h90.7 (82.9–94.8)82.2 (80.2–83.4)57.6 (52.8–60.6)97.0 (94.6–98.5)83.9 (80.7–85.9)
74.5 (67.7–79.0)97.0 (95.2–98.3)87.1 (79.3–92.5)93.3 (91.6–94.5)92.2 (89.4–94.2)
0–1 h93.9 (87.2–97.3)79.2 (77.4–80.1)55.0 (51.1–57.0)98.0 (95.7–99.1)82.3 (79.5–83.8)
82.9 (76.2–97.4)96.0 (94.2–97.4)85.0 (78.2–90.0)95.4 (93.6–96.7)93.2 (90.4–95.3)
0–2 h95.1 (88.7–98.1)77.9 (76.2–78.7)53.8 (50.2–55.5)98.3 (96.2–99.3)81.6 (78.8–82.8)
86.6 (79.9–91.4)95.0 (93.2–96.3)82.6 (76.2–87.1)96.3 (94.5–97.6)93.2 (90.4–95.3)
0–24 h97.6 (92.0–99.3)76.9 (75.4–77.4)53.3 (50.3–54.3)99.1 (97.2–99.8)81.3 (78.9–82.0)
100 (96.1–100)94.7 (93.7–94.7)83.7 (80.5–83.7)100 (98.9–100)95.8 (94.2–95.8)
  • PPV, Positive predictive value; NPV, Negative predictive value.