Table 2.

Pooled diagnostic performance markers at Hb <11 g/dL

Clinical Pallor	Total N	Diseased	Sensitivity (95% IC)	Specificity (95% IC)	Likelihood Ratio+(CI, 95%)	Likelihood Ratio-(CI, 95%)	DOR (CI, 95%)	AUC* SROC**
Conjunctiva	3195	2367	43.6(41.7–45.6)	81.4(78.6–83.9)	2.3(1.7–3.1)	0.7(0.5–0.9)	3.7(2.3–5.9)	0.7058
Palm	3885	2731	39.2(37.4–41.1)	86.7(84.6–88.5)	3.0(2.0–4.6)	0.7(0.6–0.8)	4.3(2.6–7.2)	0.7270
Nailbed	2534	1867	29.2(27.2–31.3)	88.5(85.8–90.7)	2.7(1.6–4.5)	0.8(0.7–0.9)	3.4(1.8–6.3)	0.6942

*AUC: area under the curve, **SROC: Summary receiver operating characteristics curve.