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. 2009 Feb 5;4(2):e4347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004347

Table 5. Simplified indicators applied to congenital and to moderate pure motor DMD in series 2.

Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy Kappa PPV** NPV**
Age initial symptom <2 yrs+cognitive status I, II***→psychomotor delay as 1st symptom* 0.86 0.96 0.94 0.86 0.86 0.96
0.47–0.97 0.80–0.99 0.77–0.99 0.47–1.00 0.47–0.97 0.80–0.99
MMT>6 at 8 yrs plus+cognitive status III, IV***→ambulation loss >11 yrs* 1.00 0.92 0.94 0.86 0.82 0.94
0.63–0.99 0.73–0.99 0.79–0.99 0.53–1.00 0.52–0.95 0.86–1.00
*

Yate's Chi square: all p = 0.00001, exact 95% confidence limits.

**

PPV and NPV, positive or negative predictive value.

***

I severe mental retardation, II mild mental retardation, III borderline normal, IV normal (see methods).