Statistic | Present study | Study by V. Begar et al. for fungal onychomycosis [7] | Study by S. Manickdas et al. for onychomycosis [8] | Study by Jacob Oren et al. for tenia pedis [9] |
Sensitivity | 67.31% | 81.82% | 83.02% | 73.3% |
Specificity | 87.79% | 92.86% | 70.1% | 42.5% |
Positive predictive value | 76.92% | 69.23% | 60.27% | 46.6% |
Negative predictive value | 81.62% | 83.33% | 88.31% | 69.9% |