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. 2011 May;20(3):292–299. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00121.x

Table 3.

Impact of KMSK cutoff score on sensitivity and specificity

Substance Cutoff (≥) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Sensitivity + specificity χ2 value p value PPP NPP
Alcohol 7 100.0 50.7 150.7 110.5 <.0001 .500 1.000
8 98.6 58.2 156.8 130.4 <.0001 .538 .988
9 97.7 67.5 165.2 166.0 <.0001 .597 .985
10 93.8 75.7 169.5 186.5 <.0001 .655 .961
11 88.2 82.5 170.7* 199.7* <.0001 .713 .934
12 72.9 89.0 161.9 171.8 <.0001 .766 .870
Cocaine 6 98.9 88.9 187.8 251.0 <.0001 .724 .996
7 97.8 91.5 189.3 271.2 <.0001 .772 .993
8 96.7 92.5 189.2 276.3 <.0001 .791 .990
9 95.6 93.8 189.4* 285.7 <.0001 .819 .986
10 93.3 94.8 188.1 286.8* <.0001 .840 .980
11 88.9 96.1 185.0 282.3 <.0001 .870 .967
12 80.0 96.4 176.4 245.8 <.0001 .867 .943
Marijuana 5 100.0 52.1 152.1 6.34 < .05 .055 1.000
6 100.0 54.9 154.9 7.07 < .01 .058 1.000
7 100.0 61.9 161.9 9.32 < .01 .068 1.000
8 100.0 68.4 168.4* 12.25 <.0001 .081 1.000
9 83.3 74.4 157.7 9.84 < .01 .083 .994
10 83.3 80.0 163.3 13.78 <.0001 .104 .994
11 66.7 88.4 155.1 15.5 <.0001 .138 .990
12 66.7 92.6 159.3 24.9 <.0001 .200 .990
13 66.7 95.3 162.0 37.8* <.0001 .286 .990
14 33.3 97.2 130.5 15.6 <.0001 .250 .981
Opiates 2 91.7 93.4 185.1 103.3 <.0001 .289 .997
3 91.7 94.6 186.3 120.8 <.0001 .333 .997
4 91.7 96.4 188.1* 156.6 <.0001 .423 .997
5 83.3 96.8 180.1 145.7 <.0001 .435 .995
6 83.3 97.3 180.6 160.8 <.0001 .476 .995
7 83.3 98.5 181.8 214.8* <.0001 .625 .995
8 75.0 99.0 174.0 214.5 <.0001 .692 .993
9 75.0 99.0 174.0 214.5 <.0001 .692 .993
*

The highest value; PPP: positive predictive potential; NPP: negative predictive potential.