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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Sep;36(9):547–555. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a9cc41

Table 5.

Sensitivity, specificity, and cumulative incidence of HIV acquisition for risk scores defined by the simple model, Public Health—Seattle & King County repeat testers (2001–2008) and Project Explore control arm (1999–2003).

PHSKC Repeat Testers (n=1903) Project Explore Control Arm (n=2081)

Score
Cutoff
% of
sample
Sensitivity Specificity Cumulative
Incidence
% of
sample
Sensitivity Specificity Cumulative
Incidence
One-Year Estimates
≥ 0 100% 100% 0% 2.0% 100% 100% 0% 2.8%
≥ 1 71.3% 87% 29% 2.5% 71.9% 86% 29% 3.4%
≥ 3 64.1% 82% 36% 2.6% 58.6% 79% 42% 3.8%
≥ 4 55.8% 82% 45% 3.0% 48.2% 78% 53% 4.5%
≥ 5 31.3% 54% 69% 3.6% 36.1% 57% 65% 4.4%
≥ 7 25.4% 50% 75% 4.1% 35.4% 55% 65% 4.4%
≥ 8 18.5% 39% 82% 4.5% 34.7% 55% 66% 4.5%
≥ 11 13.5% 28% 87% 4.5% 33.3% 52% 67% 4.4%
≥ 12 11.8% 27% 89% 5.1% 25.0% 45% 76% 5.1%
≥ 14 10.9% 26% 90% 5.4% 19.6% 43% 81% 6.2%
≥ 15 9.3% 26% 91% 5.6% 13.4% 38% 87% 8.0%
≥ 16 11.3% 23% 94% 4.7% 2.5% 12% 98% 13.9%
≥ 18 4.9% 24% 95% 2.8% 2.0% 12% 98% 17.0%
≥ 19 2.9% 8% 97% 2.0% 1.4% 11% 99% 21.2%
Four-Year Estimates
≥ 0 100% 100% 0% 10.4% 100% 100% 0% 8.2%
≥ 1 71.3% 83% 30% 12.3% 71.9% 86% 29% 9.8%
≥ 3 64.1% 79% 38% 13.0% 58.6% 76% 43% 10.7%
≥ 4 55.8% 74% 46% 14.2% 48.2% 70% 54% 11.9%
≥ 5 31.3% 48% 71% 17.0% 36.1% 53% 65% 12.0%
≥ 7 25.4% 45% 77% 18.1% 35.4% 52% 66% 12.1%
≥ 8 18.5% 33% 84% 21.5% 34.7% 51% 67% 12.1%
≥ 11 13.5% 30% 89% 28.3% 33.3% 48% 68% 11.8%
≥ 12 11.8% 26% 91% 29.4% 25.0% 44% 77% 14.3%
≥ 14 10.9% 25% 92% 30.8% 19.6% 40% 82% 16.7%
≥ 15 9.3% 21% 93% 30.9% 13.4% 32% 88% 19.3%
≥ 16 11.3% 23% 95% 30.3% 2.5% 7% 98% 23.9%
≥ 18 4.9% 10% 96% 32.3% 2.0% 5% 98% 21.9%
≥ 19 2.9% 5% 98% 36.4% 1.4% 4% 99% 24.8%

See Heagerty and colleagues44,45 for details on the calculation of sensitivity and specificity estimates.