Table 2

A 2 × 2 table showing the correlation between the office-based scan and the criterion standard scan: No true positives were missed by the office-based scan, and no false positives were identified.

ULTRASOUND OF AORTA FOR MAXIMAL AORTIC DIAMETER > 3 CM*CRITERION STANDARD SCAN
POSITIVE FOR AAA, NNEGATIVE FOR AAA, N
OFFICE-BASED SCANPOSITIVE FOR AAA, N20
NEGATIVE FOR AAA, N043
  • AAA—abdominal aortic aneurysm.

  • * An AAA was defined as a focal dilatation of the aorta > 3 cm.