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. 2012 Sep;12(3):259–267. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v12i3.3

Table 6.

Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of the independent predictors of HIV infection

Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Parent TB 11.9(7.3,16.4) 96.5(93.5,99.5) 82.0% 45%
Weight loss 48.6(41.3, 55.9) 78.4(71.6,85.3) 75.1% 53.3%
Cyanosis 43.8(36.9,50.6) 77.6(71.0,84.3) 72.3% 50.8%
Oral thrush 49.3(42.3,56.2) 90.1(85.4,94.9) 87.0% 57.1%
WAZ <-2^ 47.6(40.4, 54,8) 76.6(69.6,83.6) 73.1% 52.2%
Splenomegaly 42.1(35.5,48.9) 93.4(89.5,97.4) 89.5% 54.7%
Gen lymph 45.0(38.2,51.9) 84.6(79.0, 90.0) 79.6% 53.5%
Parotid swelling 8.0(4.2,11.7) 99.3(98.1,100.6) 94.2% 44.7%

PPV= positive predictive value, NPV=negative predictive value, ^weight for age z-score