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. 2008 Jul 4;4:24. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-24

Table 3.

Classification performance of the three classification trees using different misclassification costs and the logistic regression models using different cut-off points

Classification trees Misclassification costs
Tree 1:1 Tree 5:1 Tree 10:1 Tree 20:1

Sensitivity 0% 16% 64.3% 91%
PPV 0% 23.2% 15%. 11.9%
Specificity 100% 95% 65.5% 36.1%
NPV 91.3% 65.8% 95% 97.7%
Error rate 8.7% 11.9% 34.6% 59.1%
AUC 71% 71% 67.6%

Logistic regression Classification cut-offs

0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1
Sensitivity 0% 1.1% 10.8% 65.5%
PPV 0% 22.3% 27.6% 15.5%
Specificity 100% 99.7% 97.4% 67.3%
NPV 91.64% 91.7% 92.3% 95.5%
Error rate 8.4% 8.6% 9.8% 32.8%
AUC 72% 72% 72% 72%