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. 2006 Jun;21(6):630–635. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00459.x

Table 3.

Comparison of Sensitivities, Specificities, and AUC for ORAI and SCORE Instrument to Predict BMD, T score ≤−2.5

Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV AUC
ORAI
 Overall 0.68 (0.49 to 0.88) 0.66 (0.59 to 0.73) 0.20 (0.11 to 0.29) 0.94 (0.90 to 0.98) 0.74 (0.63 to 0.84)
  Non-Hispanic white 0.60 (0.04 to 0.94) 0.72 (0.57 to 0.81) 0.17 (0.0 to 0.33) 0.95 (0.86 to 1.0) 0.76 (0.60 to 0.91)
  Hispanic 0.86 (0.47 to 0.99) 0.59 (0.44 to 0.72) 0.23 (0.07 to 0.39) 0.97 (0.87 to 1.0) 0.75 (0.59 to 0.91)
  African American 0.60 (0.34 to 0.91) 0.67 (0.55 to 0.76) 0.19 (0.05 to 0.32) 0.93 (0.84 to 0.98) 0.69 (0.52 to 0.87)
SCORE
 Overall 0.54 (0.34 to 0.75) 0.72 (0.65 to 0.78) 0.19 (0.09 to 0.29) 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) 0.67 (0.54 to 0.79)
  Non-Hispanic white 0.80 (0.27 to 0.98) 0.63 (0.50 to 0.76) 0.17 (0.01 to 0.34) 0.97 (0.89 to 1.0) 0.68 (0.44 to 0.93)
  Hispanic 0.71 (0.29 to 0.96) 0.49 (0.35 to 0.63) 0.17 (0.03 to 0.29) 0.92 (0.78 to 0.99) 0.69 (0.48 to 0.90)
  African American 0.30 (0.00 to 0.56) 0.92 (0.86 to 0.98) 0.33 (0.00 to 0.61) 0.91 (0.85 to 0.97) 0.70 (0.51 to 0.89)

AUC, area under the receiver operator characteristic curve; NPV, negative predictive value; ORAI, osteoporosis risk assessment instrument; PPV, positive predictive value; SCORE, simple calculated osteoporosis risk estimation.