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. 2009 Jun 9;338:b2030. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2030

Table 3.

 Results of receiver operating characteristic analysis for detection of Alzheimer’s disease with TYM in 94 patients with Alzheimer’s and 282 age matched controls

Score False +ve rate Specificity (%) False −ve rate Sensitivity (%) Prevalence
1% 5% 10% 20% 30%
PPV NPV PPV NPV PPV NPV PPV NPV PPV NPV
≤38 4 96 25 75 16 100 50 99 68 97 82 94 89 90
≤39 5 95 19 81 14 100 46 99 64 98 80 95 87 92
≤40 8 92 17 83 9 100 35 99 54 98 72 96 82 93
≤41 9 91 13 87 9 100 34 99 52 98 71 97 81 94
≤42 14 86 7 93 6 100 26 100 42 99 62 98 74 97
≤43 17 83 6 94 5 100 23 100 38 99 58 98 70 97
≤44 19 81 5 96 5 100 21 100 36 99 56 99 68 98
≤45 25 75 3 97 4 100 17 100 30 100 49 99 62 98

PPV=positive predictive value; NPV=negative predictive value.