Oscillometrically Measured Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Reveals Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis in a Middle-Aged, Apparently Healthy Population

Table 3

Sensitivity and specificity of using 8.3 m/s as a cutoff value of aortic pulse wave velocity to reveal asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis.

	Value	95% CI
Sensitivity	0.71	0.56–0.83
Specificity	0.65	0.58–0.72
Positive predictive value	0.36	0.27–0.46
Negative predictive value	0.89	0.82–0.94
Relative risk	2.04	1.56–2.66
Odds ratio	4.54	2.31–8.91

CI indicates confidence interval.