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. 2012 Nov 8;7(11):e47310. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047310

Table 2. Top 10 2-test combinations, ranked according to sum of sensitivity and specificity compared to a 120 minute global neuropsychological battery.

Rank Tests Administration Time (min) Sensitivity (95% CI)1 Specificity (95% CI)1 PPV (95% CI)1 NPV (95% CI)1 OR (95% CI)
1 STRPCOL/HVLTR-LRN 11 73.0 (55.6–85.7) 83.1 (76.3–88.2) 50.0 (35.0–62.1) 93.0 (87.7–96.5) 13.3 (5.8–30.7)
2 HVLTR-LRN/PD 13 73.7 (56.7–86.1) 82.0 (75.0–87.1) 49.1 (35.4–61.7) 93.0 (87.5–96.4) 12.7 (5.6–29.1)
3 PASAT/BVMTR-LRN 15 63.2 (46.3–77.8) 89.7 (84.3–93.8) 60.0 (43.9–74.3) 90.9 (85.4–94.8) 15.0 (6.5–34.7)
4 PASAT/HVLTR-LRN 15 73.7 (56.8–86.2) 77.6 (70.4–83.3) 44.4 (31.7–56.5) 92.4 (86.6–96.2) 9.7 (4.3–21.9)
5 PASAT/PND 8 71.1 (54.3–84.2) 79.5 (72.6–85.4) 45.8 (32.8–58.8) 91.9 (86.0–95.6) 9.5 (4.3–21.2)
6 HVLTR-LRN/PND 13 71.1 (54.1–83.9) 77.6 (70.4–83.3) 42.9 (30.0–55.1) 91.9 (86.2–95.7) 8.5 (3.9–18.8)
7 STRPCOL/BVMTR-LRN 11 54.1 (37.1–69.7) 94.4 (89.7–97.4) 69.0 (50.0–84.2) 89.9 (84.5–93.9) 19.7 (7.8–50.2)
8 STRPCOL/PD 4 56.8 (40.0–71.8) 90.6 (85.2–94.4) 58.3 (40.7–73.7) 90.1 (84.5–94.0) 12.7 (5.5–29.4)
9 STRPINC/HVLTR-LRN 11 64.9 (47.2–79.3) 82.5 (75.4–87.6) 46.2 (31.8–59.6) 91.0 (85.4–95.0) 8.7 (4.0–19.1)
10 PASAT/WCST 20 60.0 (41.7–75.0) 86.9 (81.0–91.7) 51.2 (35.3–66.7) 90.5 (84.8–94.6) 10.0 (4.4–22.7)
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95% bootstrap CI for Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV and NPV.

Abbreviations: BVMTR-LRN, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (Learning Trials); CI, Confidence Interval; HVLTR-LRN, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (Learning Trials); NPV, Negative Predictive Value; OR, Odds Ratio; PASAT, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; PD, Grooved Pegboard-Dominant hand; PND, Grooved Pegboard-non Dominant hand; PPV, Positive Predictive Value; STRPCOL, Stroop Color Test; STRPINC, Stroop Incongruent Test; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (Total Errors).