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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: QJM. 2008 Mar 4;101(5):371–379. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn014

Table 3. Comparison of best cut off values for IPCS PSS, GCS, pulse, blood pressure and intubation.

All OPs Fenthion Chlorpyrifos Dimethoate
IPCS PSS cut off Grade 2 or 3
AUC
Sensitivity
Specificity
Likelihood ratio
n (% missing data)
0.81 (0.77 to 0.85)
0.78 (0.71 to 0.84)
0.79 (0.76 to 0.81)
3.7
1365 (0)
0.67 (0.52 to 0.84)
0.50 (0.25 to 0.75)
0.86 (0.78 to 0.92)
3.6
123 (0)
0.75 (0.65 to 0.83)
0.63 (0.47 to 0.77)
0.82 (0.78 to 0.85)
3.4
533 (0)
0.88 (0.84 to 0.92)
0.95 (0.99 to 0.99)
0.71 (0.65 to 0.77)
3.3
334 (0)
GCS cut off ≤ 13
AUC
Sensitivity
Specificity
Likelihood ratio
n (% missing data)
0.84 (0.80 to 0.87)
0.79 (0.72 to 0.84)
0.79 (0.77 to 0.82)
3.8
1364 (0.1)
0.69 (0.54 to 0.85)
0.43 (0.20 to 0.70)
0.87 (0.79 to 0.93)
3.3
123 (0)
0.78 (0.71 to 0.87)
0.70 (0.54 to 0.83)
0.80 (0.77 to 0.84)
3.6
533 (0)
0.91 (0.87 to 0.95)
0.94 (0.79 to 0.95)
0.71 (0.79 to 0.88)
3.3
334 (0)
Systolic BP cut off ≤ 100
AUC
Sensitivity
Specificity
Likelihood ratio
n (% missing data)
0.64 (0.59 to 0.70)
0.45 (0.37 to 0.52)
0.85 (0.84 to 0.88)
3.3
1259 (7.8)
0.41 (0.34 to 0.58)
0.19 (0.04 to 0.46)
0.84 (0.75 to 0.90)
1.2
115 (6.5)
0.52 (0.40 to 0.64)
0.24 (0.11 to 0.40)
0.88 (0.84 to 0.91)
1.9
494 (7.3)
0.81 (0.74 to 0.87)
0.69 (0.57 to 0.79)
0.82 (0.76 to 0.87)
3.8
311 (6.8)
Pulse cut off ≤ 60
AUC
Sensitivity
Specificity
Likelihood ratio
n (% missing data)
0.44 (0.40 to 0.50)
0.09 (0.05 to 0.15)
0.97 (0.53 to 0.59)
3.4
1328 (2.7)
0.40 (0.33 to 0.58)
0.0 (0.0 to 0.22)
0.96 (0.91 to 0.99)
0.0
121 (1.63)
0.49 (0.38 to 0.59)
0.18 (0.08 to 0.34)
0.98 (0.96 to 0.99)
8.7
524 (1.7)
0.45 (0.38 to 0.53)
0.09 (0.04 to 0.18)
0.98 (0.96 to 0.99)
5.7
324 (3.0)
Intubation
AUC
Sensitivity
Specificity
Likelihood ratio
n (% missing data)
0.66 (0.61 to 0.71)
0.38 (0.30 to 0.45)
0.95 (0.94 to 0.96)
7.9
1365 (0)
0.53 (0.37 to 0.69)
0.06 (0.00 to 0.30)
1.00 (0.97 to 1.00)
-
123 (0)
0.60 (0.50 to 0.70)
0.23 (0.12 to 0.39)
0.97 (0.95 to 0.98)
6.7
533 (0)
0.72 (0.65 to 0.79)
0.49 (0.38 to 0.61)
0.95 (0.91 to 0.97)
9.6
334 (0)

The range in parenthesis denotes the 95% CI of the sensitivity, specificity and AUC of the ROC.