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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Apr 23;125(1-2):169–172. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.027

Table 1.

Predictive power of thrice weekly urine drug screens during first two weeks of treatment for persistent MA use at EOT*

MA Positive Screens SN SP PPV NPV
>=6 29.3 100.0 1 .32
>=5 46.3 92.7 .95 .37
>=4 61.0 78.6 .90 .40
>=3 75.6 71.4 .89 .49
>=2 80.5 57.1 .85 .49
>=1 93.7 42.9 .83 .69
*

ROC analysis assessed number of MA positive/missing urine drug screens to predict MA use at EOT. Bolded is optimal Youden (1950) predictor; SN=sensitivity; SP=specificity; PPV=positive predictive value; NPV=negative predictive value.