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. 2011 Aug 19;34(5):1239–1248. doi: 10.1007/s11357-011-9297-2

Table 6.

Accuracy of various cutoffs in predicting incident fracture in the prospective cohort

Trait Threshold Sensitivity (95%CI) Specificity (95%CI) PPV (95%CI) NPV (95%CI) LR+ (95%CI) LR− (95%CI)
FN BMD T-score −2.50 0.395 (0.253–0.555) 0.910 (0.895–0.923) 0.102 (0.062–0.160) 0.983 (0.975–0.988) 4.372 (2.931–6.522) 0.664 (0.522–0.847)
Combined HGS T-score and BMD T-score −4.21 0.465 (0.315–0.622) 0.910 (0.895–0.923) 0.118 (0.075–0.178) 0.985 (0.977–0.990) 5.144 (3.607–7.337) 0.588 (0.445–0.777)
Combined HGS T-score and BMD T-score −2.69 0.837 (0.687–0.927) 0.653 (0.630–0.676) 0.058 (0.042–0.081) 0.994 (0.986–0.997) 2.416 (2.084–2.799) 0.249 (0.126–0.491)