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Table 2 Diagnostic features discriminating the patients with PD from ET

From: Combination of olfactory test and substantia nigra transcranial sonopraphy in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study from China

Diagnostic feature

Sensitivity(%)

Specificity(%)

PPV(%)

NPV(%)

(1) Hyposmia

62.2

96.2

95.8

64.1

(2) SN hyperechogenicity

48.6

84.6

81.8

53.7

(3) Either (1) or (2) present

78.4

80.8

85.3

72.4

(4) Both (1) and (2) present

29.7

100

100

50.0

  1. PD Parkinson’s disease, ET Essential tremor, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value, SN Substantia nigra.