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. 2023 Oct 13;23:232. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-02045-w

Table 3.

Best method with respect to sensitivity, precision and kappa for each combination of intensity and type of error

Sensitivity
Type a Type b Type c ALL
SD Method Sensitivity Method Sensitivity Method Sensitivity Method Sensitivity
0.5 MMOM 7.66% MMOM 11.22% MMOM 11.17% MMOM 8.87%
1 MMOM 16.46% MMOM 22.41% MMOM 21.88% MMOM 15.02%
2 MMOM 53.78% MMOM 56.84% SMOM 44.89% MMOM 39.83%
3 MMOM 85.08% SMOM 84.24% SMOM 62.27% MMOM 62.77%
4 MMOM 97.49% SMOM 95.64% SMOM 71.58% MMOM 70.08%
5 MMOM 99.08% SMOM 99.68% SMOM 79.22% SMOM 78.09%
Precision
Type a Type b Type c ALL
SD Method Precision Method Precision Method Precision Method Precision
0.5 mBIV 17.29% mBIV 25.13% mBIV 18.15% sBIV 35.00%
1 mBIV 32.21% mBIV 52.02% mBIV 75.18% mBIV 85.77%
2 mBIV 86.19% mBIV 93.42% mBIV 94.10% mBIV 96.78%
3 mBIV 95.71% mBIV 97.83% mBIV 97.26% mBIV 98.52%
4 mBIV 97.89% mBIV 99.00% mBIV 98.49% mBIV 99.29%
5 mBIV 98.94% mBIV 99.44% mBIV 99.05% mBIV 99.58%
Kappa
Type a Type b Type c ALL
SD Method Kappa Method Kappa Method Kappa Method Kappa
0.5 MMOM 0.032371 MMOM 0.077747 MMOM 0.077343 MMOM 0.00075066
1 MMOM 0.110746 MMOM 0.199737 MMOM 0.193746 MMOM 0.17241
2 MMOM 0.406851 MMOM 0.530886 SMOM 0.43264 MMOM 0.391957
3 MMOM 0.676109 SMOM 0.767761 SMOM 0.621228 SMOM 0.550216
4 SMOM 0.751824 SMOM 0.879063 SMOM 0.728476 SMOM 0.659092
5 SMOM 0.866256 sBIV 0.967156 SMOM 0.810343 sBIV 0.767412

Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, mBIV Modified method for biologically implausible values detection, sBIV Static WHO cut-off values for biologically implausible values detection method, MMOM Multi-model outlier measurement detection method, SMOM Single-model outlier measurement detection method