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. 2006 Nov 22;62(4):348–353. doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.069740

Table 4 Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of 30 day mortality of the different predictive rules*.

Cut‐off points Sensitivity Specificity Positive predictive value Negative predictive value
PSI risk class
 ⩾I NA NA NA NA
 ⩾II 100 0.0 8.6 NA
 ⩾III 97.7 25.8 11.0 99.2
 ⩾IV† 83.9 50.2 13.6 97.1
 V 46.0 84.8 22.1 94.4
CURB65 score
 ⩾0 100 0.0 8.6 NA
 ⩾1 98.9 11.4 9.5 99.1
 ⩾2† 85.1 46.0 12.8 97.0
 ⩾3 58.6 77.4 19.5 95.2
 ⩾4 23.0 94.4 27.8 92.9
 5 3.4 99.5 37.5 91.7
CRB65 scores
 ⩾0 100 0.0 8.6 NA
 ⩾1† 96.6 13.5 9.5 97.7
 ⩾2 67.8 63.4 14.8 95.5
 ⩾3 29.9 91.5 24.8 93.3
 4 4.6 99.4 40.0 91.7

*All numbers are percentages

†Cut‐off points accepted as threshold to define low‐risk group according to original study design.11,13