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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2009 Jul 15;85(9):583–588. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.06.004

Table 5.

Sensitivity, Specificity, and Area under the ROC curve by category of birthweight using a negative change in WAZ of ≥ -0.85

Birthweight category Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Area under Curve (AUC) p-value
Aggregate cohort 0.06 (0.04, 0.09) 0.97 (0.96, 0.98) 0.611 p< .0001
< 3.0 kilograms 0.02 (0.0, 0.07) 0.98 (0.96, 1.0) 0.615 p= .0004
≥3.0 kilograms, < 4.2 kilograms 0.07 (0.05, 0.10) 0.97 (0.96, 0.98) 0.619 p< .0001