Table 2

Algorithm performances in detection of any pterygium

Testing setsDetection of any pterygium
AUC % (95% CI)Sensitivity % (95% CI)Specificity % (95% CI)Accuracy % (95% CI)MCC
Internal:
 SEED99.5 (99.0 to 99.9)98.6 (97.0 to 99.7)99.0 (97.7 to 100.0)98.8 (98.0 to 99.7)0.976
External:
 Set 199.1 (97.4 to 99.9)95.9 (89.2 to 100.0)98.5 (97.8 to 98.9)98.4 (97.8 to 98.9)0.782
 Set 299.7 (99.4 to 99.8)100.0 (100.0 to 100.0)88.3 (87.2 to 89.4)88.6 (87.5 to 89.7)0.400
  • AUC, area under the curve; MCC, Matthew’s correlation coefficient; SEED, Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases.