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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct 1;199(6):683.e1–683.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.028

TABLE 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios for various discriminatory thresholds for most dependent site of prolapse and symptoms of visible/palpable bulge and splinting to void

Visible/palpable bulge
Splinting to void
Threshold POP-Q (equal or greater than) Na Sensitivity Specificity LR Sensitivity Specificity LR
−3 296 1.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.00

−2.5 257 0.95 0.16 1.13 0.91 0.13 1.05

−2 215 0.94 0.33 1.41 0.91 0.28 1.26

−1.5 150 0.88 0.60 2.18 0.82 0.51 1.65

−1 121 0.85 0.71 2.96 0.82 0.61 2.08

−0.5 86 0.85 0.87 6.31 0.82 0.73 3.03

0 74 0.82 0.91 8.97 0.73 0.77 3.14

0.5 52 0.69 0.97 22.85 0.73 0.85 4.71

1 46 0.63 0.98 29.14 0.73 0.87 5.45

1.5 33 0.48 0.99 55.08 0.64 0.91 6.98

2 29 0.43 1.00 99.51 0.55 0.92 6.76

2.5 19 0.29 1.00 0.55 0.95 11.96

3 14 0.22 1.00 0.45 0.97 14.39

3.5 6 0.09 1.00 0.27 0.99 25.91

4 4 0.06 1.00 0.27 1.00 77.73

5 3 0.05 1.00 0.18 1.00 51.82

6 1 0.02 1.00 0.00 1.00

LR, likelihood ratio.

a

Cumulative number above threshold.