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Table 3 Comparing SLE to LFP results

From: Screening for juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis with laser flare photometry in the pediatric rheumatology office: a prospective observational study

Slit lamp result or equivalence

Slit lamp exam

N = 138

LFP exam

N = 135 a

Normal

(0.5 to 9 LFP flare)

138

100.0%

131

97.0%

Low amount of flare

(10 to 25 LFP flare)

0

0.0%

1

0.7%

1 + to 2- slit lamp reading

(76 to 125 LFP Flare)

0

0.0%

3

2.2%

Total false positive rate

N, % (95% CI)

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4

3.0% (0.8%, 7.4%)

  1. a 3 patients only had one eye measurement taken at rheumatology visit
  2. b A false positive is defined as a normal result on the slit lamp exam and anything other than normal result on the LFP exam