Assessment of the diagnostic value of videobronchoscopy(VB) and autofluorescence (AF) bronchoscopy according to the level of experience
| Measure | Experienced VB | Experienced AF | p-value | Inexperienced VB | Inexperienced AF | p-value |
| Sensitivity | 84.4±10.2 | 85.6±11.4 | ns | 82.2±8.1 | 88.9±8.8 | ns |
| Specificity | 77.8±12.1 | 64.8±8.4 | <0.001 | 71.7±17.0 | 74.8±9.4 | ns |
| PPV | 59.8±14.5 | 48.7±8.6 | 0.038 | 53.2±12.1 | 58.0±7.9 | ns |
| NPV | 92.7±4.2 | 92.0±4.7 | ns | 91.2±1.9 | 94.5±3.6 | <0.001 |
Data are presented as mean±sd. PPV: positive predicted value; NPV: negative predicted value; ns: nonsignificant.