Table 2 Accuracy stratified by time delay between test performance and confirmation by chosen reference test histology.

Endometrial biopsy studies (8)

Sun-Kuie et al. [15](1992)

2/4 (0.5)

0/42 (0.0)

85.0 (3.2–2289.6)

Goldberg et al. [16] (1981)

5/5 (1.0)

0/25 (0.0)

561.0 (10.0–31463.1)

Sonnendecker et al. [17] (1981)

2/2 (1.0)

0/21 (0.0)

215.0 (3.5–13408.5)

Kufahl et al. [18] (1997)

14/15 (0.9)

4/143 (0.03)

486.5 (50.8–4658.5)

Kufahl et al. [18](1997)

3/15 (0.2)

15/154 (0.1)

2.3 (0.6–9.1)

Goldschmit et al. [19] (1993)

11/14 (0.8)

1/135 (0.01)

491.3 (47.1–5127.3)

Kavak et al. [20] (1996)

4/4 (1.0)

0/57 (0.0)

1035.0 (18.3–58563.1)

Goldberg et al. [16] (1981)

6/6 (1.0)

0/25 (0.0)

663.0 (12.0–36690.0)

Ultrasound scan studies (8)

Botsis et al. [21] (1992)

10/10 (1.0)

4/92 (0.04)

413.0 (20.8–8221.1)

Garuti et al. [22] (1999)

44/46 (0.96)

196/313 (0.63)

13.1 (3.1–55.2)

Haller et al. [23] (1996)

14/16 (0.88)

34/49 (0.69)

3.1 (0.6–15.3)

Grigoriou et al. [24] (1996)

45/45 (0.98)

30/181 (0.17)

452.0 (27.1–7538.5)

Karlsson et al. [25] (1993)

10/10(1.0)

21/78 (0.27)

56.2 (3.2–1000.5)

Malinova et al. [26] (1996)

11/11 (1.0)

32/74 (0.43)

30.1 (1.7–529.5)

Wolman et al. [27] (1996)

10/11(0.91)

12/39 (0.31)

22.5 (2.6–196.1)

Malinova et al. [28] (1995)

7/7 (1.0)

19/54 (0.35)

27.31 (1.5–504.1)

DELAYED VERIFICATION (> 24 HOURS) (11 studies)

Endometrial biopsy studies (4)

Stovall et al. [29] (1989)

8/16 (0.5)

4/149 (0.03)

36.3 (9.0–146.3)

Krampl et al. [3] (1997)

14/35 (0.4)

24/284(0.0)

7.2 (3.3–16.0)

Gupta et al. [30] (1996)

6/10 (0.6)

1/44 (0.02)

64.5 (6.1–677.6)

Stovall et al. [29] (1989)

7/7 (1.0)

7/55 (0.13)

97.0 (5.0–1879.9)

Ultrasound scan studies (7)

Guner et al. [31] (1996)

31/31 (1.0)

61/142 (0.43)

83.5 (5.0–1391.3)

Abu-Ghazzeh et al. [32] (1999)

2/2 (1.0)

58/95 (0.61)

3.2 (0.2–68.6)

DeSilva et al. [33] (1997)

2/3 (0.67)

10/44 (0.23)

6.8 (0.6–83.0)

Gupta et al. [30] (1996)

4/4 (1.0)

22/68 (0.32)

18.6 (1.0–360.7)

Taviani et al. [34] (1995)

2/2 (1.0)

16/37 (0.43)

6.5 (0.3–145.1)

Moreles et al. [35] (1998)

33/37 (0.9)

37/143 (0.26)

23.6 (7.8–71.2)

Mortakis et al. [36] (1997)

4/5 (0.8)

26/66 (0.39)

6.2 (0.7–58.2)