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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2008 Sep;12(5):487–511. doi: 10.1177/1362361308094501

Table 2.

Estimates of Positive and Negative Predictive Value for the Infant-Toddler Checklist Compared to Communication on the Behavior Sample

6 to 8 months
9 to 11 months
12 to 14 months
Communication
Communication
Communication
ITC Screen
Delayed
Typical
ITC Screen
Delayed
Typical
ITC Screen
Delayed
Typical
Positive 6 8 14 Positive 54 22 76 Positive 98 36 134
Negative 11
75
86
Negative 12
171
183
Negative 2
194
196
17 83 100
66 193 259
100 230 330
Age at ITC 7.6 (1.0) 10.7 (1.0) 13.1 (1.0)
Age at Behavior Sample 16.5 (3.3) 16.9 (3.5) 16.6 (3.1)
Positive Predictive Value 42.9% 71.1% 73.1%
Negative Predictive Value 87.2% 93.4% 99.0%
15 to 17 months
18 to 20 months
21 to 24 months
Communication
Communication
Communication
ITC Screen
Delayed
Typical
ITC Screen
Delayed
Typical
ITC Screen
Delayed
Typical
Positive 79 33 112 Positive 65 19 84 Positive 49 13 62
Negative 7
119
126
Negative 14
121
135
Negative 8
58
66
86 152 238
79 140 219
57 71 128
Age at ITC 16.2 (0.9) 19.3 (.09) 22.8 (1.2)
Age at Behavior Sample 18.8 (2.4) 20.8 (1.7) 23.4 (1.2)
Positive Predictive Value 70.5% 77.4% 79.0%
Negative Predictive Value 94.4% 89.6% 87.9%