Table 3.

Pooled diagnostic performance markers at Hb <8 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	8867	2711	70.8(69–72.5)	69(67.8–70.1)	2.5(1.5–4.1)	0.4(0.3–0.7)	5.9(2.4–14.8)	0.7687
Palm	8998	2713	80.9(79.4–82.3)	67.7(66.5–68.8)	2.7(2.3–3.0)	0.3(0.2–0.4)	10.1(6.2–16.4)	0.8274
Nailbed	6841	2043	79.7(77.9–81.4)	71.2(69.9–72.4)	3.0(2.5–3.6)	0.3(0.1–0.5)	12.4(5.9–25.9)	0.8477

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