Table 3

S100B sensitivities and specificities to predict clinically significant intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and all lesions

Clinically significant ICHAny ICH
Blood sampling within 6 hours in all patients
 Sensitivity, %18.2 (95% CI: 2.3 to 51.8)17.7 (95% CI: 3.8 to 43.4)
 Specificity, %88.5 (95% CI: 84.2 to 91.7)88.5 (95% CI: 84.3 to 91.8)
 NPV, %96.8 (95% CI: 94.0 to 98.5)95.0 (95% CI: 91.8 to 97.3)
 PPV, %5.3 (95% CI: 0.6 to 17.8)7.9 (95% CI: 1.7 to 21.4)
 Patients, n320320
Blood sampling within 24 hours in all patients
 Sensitivity, %16.7 (95% CI: 4.7 to 37.4)13.5 (95% CI: 4.5 to 28.8)
 Specificity, %88.5 (95% CI: 85.2 to 91.3)88.4 (95% CI: 85.0 to 91.2)
 NPV, %95.2 (95% CI: 92.7 to 97.1)93.4 (95% CI: 89.4 to 94.7)
 PPV, %7.1 (95% CI: 1.9 to 17.3)8.9 (95% CI: 2.9 to 19.6)
 Patients, n476476
Blood sampling within 6 hours in isolated mTBI
 Sensitivity, %66.7 (95% CI: 9.4 to 99.2)66.7 (95% CI: 9.4 to 99.2)
 Specificity, %93.7 (95% CI: 87.4 to 97.4)93.7 (95% CI: 87.4 to 97.4)
 NPV, %99.1 (95% CI: 94.8 to 99.9)99.1 (95% CI: 94.8 to 99.9)
 PPV, %22.2 (95% CI: 2.8 to 60.0)22.2 (95% CI: 2.8 to 60.0)
 Patients, n114114
Blood sampling within 24 hours in isolated mTBI
 Sensitivity, %25.0 (95% CI: 3.2 to 65.1)22.2 (95% CI: 2.8 to 60.0)
 Specificity, %89.6 (95% CI: 83.9 to 93.8)89.6 (95% CI: 83.8 to 93.8)
 NPV, %96.1 (95% CI: 91.7 to 98.6)95.4 (95% CI: 90.8 to 98.1)
 PPV, %10.5 (95% CI: 1.3 to 33.1)10.5 (95% CI: 1.3 to 33.1)
 Patients, n172172
  • mTBI, mild traumatic brain injury; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.