05 August 2023 : Clinical Research
Assessing Automatic Plethysmographic Ankle-Brachial Index Devices in Peripheral Artery Disease Detection: A Comparative Study with Doppler Ankle-Brachial Index Measurements
Aleksandra Danieluk
1ABCDEF*, Anna Kamieńska 1BCD, Sławomir Chlabicz 1ADE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940829
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940829
Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity of automatic plethysmographic ankle-brachial index (ABI) at different cut-off levels, with and without pulse volume waveform (PVW) analysis.
| ABI Cut-off | 0.9 | 1.04 | 1.2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without PVW analysis | With PVW analysis | Without PVW analysis | With PVW analysis | Without PVW analysis | With PVW analysis | |
| Sensitivity | 22.2% | 67.6% | 54% | 78.4% | 91.9% | 97.3% |
| Specificity | 96.8% | 51.5% | 78.9% | 69.5% | 18.5% | 10% |