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. 2008 Oct 7;8:37. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-37

Table 3.

Sensitivity and specificity of the VLMT variables

Variable Cut-off Specificity Sensitivity
Patients BE NSS TS
Trial 1 0 100 100 0 0
< 4 88 100 1.7 3.2
< 5 79 97 17 9.7
< 6 57 94 40.7 22.6
Trial 5 < 6 100 100 11.8 6.5
< 8 88 100 23.7 6.5
< 10 72 94 47.5 22.6
Trial 1-5 < 21 100 100 1.7 0
< 31 90 100 22 6.5
< 39 75 94 44 22.6
< 43 57 94 47.5 29
Interference list 0 100 100 0 0
< 4 90 100 10.2 9.7
< 5 75 100 34 32.3
Trial 6 0 100 100 0 0
< 5 90 100 25.4 9.7
< 7 72 100 45.8 19.3
Trial 7 0 100 100 0 0
< 2 90 100 3.9 3.2
< 7 72 100 50.8 29
Trial 6-5 < -2 100 100 0 0
< 1 90 100 18.6 9.7
< 2 75 100 44 35.5
Trial 7-5 < -2 100 100 0 0
< 0 90 100 13.6 0
< 2 63 100 32.2 12.9
Recognition < 4 100 100 3.9 0
< 8 90 100 15.3 9.7
< 12 75 97 50.8 25.8
Corrected recognition score < 2 100 100 25.4 6.5
< 6 90 100 40.7 6.5
< 11 72 94 66.1 51.6
3recallednotrecog > 4 100 100 5.1 0
> 1 81 91 66.1 19.3
VLMT number of times the first word was recalled in trials 1 to 5 < 2 100 100 6.8 3.2
< 4 78 84.9 25.4 16.1
< 5 58 69.7 54.2 38.7
VLMT number of times the last word was recalled in trials 1 to 5 < 2 94 100 6.8 3.2
< 3 82 97 10.2 6.5
< 4 67 93.9 22 22.6

See text for an explanation of the variables and abbreviations.