Sentence examples for somewhat less specific from inspiring English sources

Diagnosis was best predicted by a combination of tLat and tFit, which was more sensitive but somewhat less specific than the combination of cLat and cAmp (sensitivity: 72 vs. 61, specificity: 87 vs. 92; YI: 0.60 vs. 0.53).

HC2 HPV detection is somewhat less specific and considerably more sensitive than cytology for detection of CIN2+ lesions in populations preselected by a prior abnormal pap smear[19], and the specificity increases with increasing subject age[20].

We showed that this I-ELISA kit was slightly more sensitive than the CFT, but somewhat less specific.

In correspondence with the re-challenge model, somewhat less specific T cells were detected after radiofrequency ablation then after cryo ablation.

A more sensitive, but somewhat less specific definition would be numbness/tingling with an extensive median distribution, irrespective of other symptoms.

Thus, anti-CCP was very specific for RA with a positive predictive value (PPV) of 95%, while RF and anti-RA33 were somewhat less specific, with PPVs of 85% and 83%, respectively.

The increase in GmIDA2a and GmIDA2b transcript was relatively specific to the AZ but somewhat less AZ specific than the genes for the CWMPs (Figs  4 and 5).

This suggests that the seed-based analysis yields somewhat similar but less specific results that may include components not specifically PD related.

In correspondence with the re-challenge model, somewhat less IFN- γ producing, specific T cells were detected after radiofrequency ablation than after cryo ablation.

(UK3) "One difference might by that Norwegian opinion leaders seem to be somewhat less keen on promoting a specific drug – they worry about their credibility".

The more biologically relevant response, namely the proliferation of virus-specific memory T cells, was somewhat less for the paramyxoviruses compared to IAV.