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. 2012 Apr 2;9:37. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-37

Table 4.

Positive Predictive Values (PPV) and Sensitivity for each study area plus sensitivity categories adapted from Paquet et al. [12]

Study Area PPV (%) Sensitivity (%) Sensitivity categories Sensitivity
range (%)
Urban mixed SES 81 86 [Good] Very poor < 20

Rural mixed SES 79 95 [Excellent] Poor 21-30

Rural low SES 86 60 [Moderate] Fair 31-50

Rural high SES 81 81 [Good] Moderate 51-70

Urban low SES 87 88 [Good] Good 71-90

Urban high SES 81 91 [Excellent] Excellent > 90