Table 5

Sensitivity and specificity of basal functional connectivity (BFC) alterations to lateralise the epileptogenic zone (EZ)

(A)
Left TLERight TLEAll
Diagnostic test: ability to localise the epileptogenic sideTrue positive7916
False negative516
False positive6410
True negative6612
Marker tested: presence of at least one BFC decreaseSensitivity (%)58.339072.73
Specificity (%)506054.55
PPV (%)53.8569.2361.54
NPV (%)54.5585.7166.67
Yuden index0.080.50.27
Yules Q0.170.860.52
p (χ2)>0.05<0.02>0.05
(B)
Left TLERight TLEAll
Diagnostic test: ability to localise the non-epileptogenic sideTrue positive6814
False negative628
False positive112
True negative11920
Marker tested: presence of at least one BFC increaseSensitivity (%)508063.64
Specificity (%)91.679090.91
PPV (%)85.7188.8987.8
NPV (%)64.7181.8271.43
Yuden index0.420.70.55
Yules Q0.830.950.89
p (χ2)<0.05<0.01<0.001
  • (A) Diagnostic power of BFC decreases detection to lateralise the EZ. True positive: patients with at least one decreased link in the EZ lobe. False negative: patients with no decreased link in the EZ lobe. False positive: patients with at least one decreased link in the contralateral lobe. True negative: patients with no decreased link in the contralateral lobe.

  • (B) Diagnostic power of the presence of at least one abnormal link showing increased basal functional connectivity to localise the temporal lobe contralateral to EZ. True positive: patients with at least one increased link in the contralateral lobe to EZ. False negative: patients with no increased link in the contralateral lobe to EZ. False positive: patients with at least one increased link in the EZ lobe. True negative: patients with no increased link in the EZ lobe.

  • NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; TLE, temporal lobe epilepsy.