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. 2011 Aug 12;3:277–280. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S20387

Table 1.

Truncated cut points of different measures to predict cesarean section and corresponding test value indices

Cut point Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Correctly classified (%)
Bishop score
≥2 80.7 4.2 26
≥3 71.9 11.2 28.5
≥4a 57.9 28.7 37
≥5 36.8 47.6 44.5
≥6 12.3 85.3 64.5
Cervical length
≥16 78.9 39.9 51
≥17 75.4 53.2 59.5
≥18 68.4 58 61
≥19a 66.7 65 65.5
≥20 61.4 69.9 67.5
≥21 50.9 80.4 72
≥22 50.9 82.5 73.5
Posterior cervical angle
≥114 56.1 21.7 31.5
≥115 52.6 22.4 31
≥116 49.1 30.1 35.5
≥117a 45.6 33.6 37
≥118 42.1 37.1 38.5
≥119 35.1 42.7 40.5
≥120 35.1 53.8 48.5

Note:

a

Cut points giving the most appropriate test values.