Sensitivity of Koski et al’s criteria,5 European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) electrodiagnostic criteria,1 Van den Bergh and Piéret’s electrodiagnostic criteria2 and American Academy of Neurology (AAN) electrodiagnostic criteria8 in patients with a clinical diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
| No of patients with a clinical diagnosis of CIDP (EFNS/PNS) | Sensitivity of Koski et al’s criteria | Sensitivity of EFNS/PNS electrodiagostic criteria (Protocol I) | Sensitivity of EFNS/PNS electrodiagnostic criteria (Protocol II) | Sensitivity of EFNS/PNS electrodiagnostic criteria (Protocol III) | Sensitivity of EFNS/PNS electrodiagnostic criteria (Protocol IV) | Sensitivity of Van den Bergh and Piéret’s electrodiagnostic criteria (Protocol I) | Sensitivity of AAN electrodiagnostic criteria by distal motor nerve study | |
| Leicester, UK | 54 | 25/39 (64.1%) | 44/54 (81.5%) | 53/54 (98.1%) | 52/54 (96.3%) | 54/54 (100%) | 43/54 (79.6%) | 24/54 (44.4%) |
| Paris, France | 40 | 26/40 (65%) | 33/40 (82.5%) | 39/40 (97.5%) | 40/40 (100%) | 40/40 (100%) | 33/40 (82.5%) | 21/40 (53%) |
| Angers, France | 29 | 14/22 (63.6%) | 23/29 (79.3%) | 27/29 (93.1%) | 27/29 (93.1%) | 28/29 (96.6%) | 23/29 (79.3%) | 11/29 (37.9%) |
| Brussels, Belgium | 28 | 15/26 (57.7%) | – | – | – | – | 21/28 (75%) | 11/28 (39.3%) |
| Total | 151 | 80/127 (63%) | 100/123 (81.3%) | 119/123 (96.7%) | 119/123 (96.7%) | 122/123 (99.2%) | 120/151 (79.5%) | 69/151 (45.7%) |