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

Table 5. Top 10 testing combinations, ranked according to sum of sensitivity and specificity compared to a 120 minute global neuropsychological battery, that take 10 minutes or less to administer.

Rank Tests Admin. Time (min) Sensitivity (95% CI)1 Specificity (95% CI)1 PPV (95% CI)1 NPV (95% CI)1 OR (95% CI)
1 TMTA/PASAT/PND 9 76.3 (60.0–88.2) 80.1 (73.5–85.9) 48.3 (35.5–61.3) 93.3 (87.8–96.8) 13.0 (5.6–30.2)
2 ACTF/STRPCOL/PD/PND 9 70.3 (53.3–83.3) 88.1 (82.5–92.6) 57.8 (42.6–72.0) 92.8 (87.7–96.2) 17.5 (7.5–41.1)
3 STRPCOL/PASAT/PND 9 75.7 (58.6–87.8) 78.1 (71.2–84.2) 45.2 (32.8–58.2) 93.1 (87.4–96.7) 11.1 (4.8–25.7)
4 ACTF/STRPCOL/DSYM/PD 9 59.5 (42.1–74.5) 94.3 (89.4–97.3) 71.0 (52.0–85.2) 90.8 (85.4–94.6) 24.1 (9.4–61.7)
5 ACTF/STRPCOL/TMTA/PND 7 62.2 (45.0–76.9) 91.3 (86.0–94.9) 62.2 (45.2–76.9) 91.3 (86.0–95.0) 17.1 (7.2–40.5)
6 STRPCOL/STRPINC/PASAT/PND 10 67.6 (50.0–81.5) 85.8 (79.5–90.7) 53.2 (38.1–67.4) 91.7 (86.2–95.6) 12.6 (5.5–28.7)
7 STRPCOL/TMTA/PASAT/PND 10 67.6 (50.0–81.6) 85.8 (79.7–90.7) 53.2 (38.1–67.4) 91.7 (86.2–95.6) 12.6 (5.5–28.7)
8 ACTF/PASAT/PND 10 76.3 (59.5–88.1) 76.9 (69.9–83.1) 44.6 (32.4–56.9) 93.0 (87.3–96.7) 10.7 (4.7–24.8)
9 ACTF/STRPCOL/PND 6 70.3 (54.1–83.8) 82.5 (76.0–87.9) 48.1 (34.5–62.1) 92.3 (86.9–95.9) 11.1 (4.9–25.2)
10 STRPINC/TMTA/PASAT/PND 10 67.6 (50.0–81.6) 85.2 (78.7–90.2) 52.1 (37.3–66.7) 91.7 (86.2–95.5) 12.0 (5.3–27.1)
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95% bootstrap CI for Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV and NPV.

Abbreviations: ACTF, Action Fluency; CI, Confidence Interval; FAS, Letter Fluency; 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; STROOPINC, Stroop Incongruent Test; TMTA, Trail Making Test-A.