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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 May 1;132(0):387–390. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.036

Table 1.

Concordance of past-year DSM-IV dependence with selected thresholdsa for DSM-5 past-year opioid, cannabis, cocaine and alcohol use disorders among past-year users of the specific substances: U.S. adults 18 years of age and older

DSM-5 SUD
threshold
Kappa % Concordant among
individuals where DSM-IV
dependence is:
% Concordant among
individuals where DSM-5
SUD threshold is:
Positive
(Sensitivity)
Negative
(Specificity)
Positive
(PPV)
Negative
(NPV)
Opioids:
  3+ positive criteria .856 (.026) 100.0 (0.0) 97.1 (1.1) 77.1 (7.3) 100.0 (0.0)
  4+ positive criteria .835 (.029) 87.0 (7.6) 98.3 (0.9) 83.2 (7.1) 98.7 (0.8)
  5+ positive criteria .727 (.039) 64.5 (10.4) 99.2 (0.6) 88.9 (7.5) 96.6 (1.2)
  6+ positive criteria .724 (.040) 59.0 (10.7) 100.0 (0.0) 100.0 (0.0) 96.1 (1.2)
Cannabis:
  3+ positive criteria .428 (.016) 100.0 (0.0) 88.9 (1.0) 30.6 (3.5) 100.0 (0.0)
  4+ positive criteria .614 (.018) 99.3 (0.7) 94.5 (0.7) 47.0 (4.5) 100.0 (0.0)
  5+ positive criteria .757 (.017) 95.6 (2.1) 97.4 (0.5) 64.6 (5.5) 99.8 (0.1)
  6+ positive criteria .781 (.018) 78.6 (5.2) 99.0 (0.3) 79.7 (5.4) 98.9 (0.3)
Cocaine:
  3+ positive criteria .734 (.022) 100.0 (0.0) 85.8 (2.9) 67.5 (5.8) 100.0 (0.0)
  4+ positive criteria .864 (.018) 96.2 (3.7) 94.6 (1.8) 84.1 (4.7) 98.8 (1.2)
  5+ positive criteria .852 (.019) 86.7 (5.5) 97.3 (1.4) 90.4 (4.7) 96.1 (1.7)
  6+ positive criteria .760 (.025) 69.8 (6.9) 99.0 (0.7) 95.3 (3.3) 91.7 (2.3)
Alcohol:
  3+ positive criteria .802 (.003) 100.0 (0.0) 96.2 (0.2) 69.5 (1.1) 100.0 (0.0)
  4+ positive criteria .830 (.003) 82.6 (1.1) 98.8 (0.1) 86.0 (1.2) 98.5 (0.1)
  5+ positive criteria .720 (.005) 60.0 (1.4) 99.8 (0.1) 95.4 (1.2) 96.7 (0.2)
  6+ positive criteria .568 (.006) 41.8 (1.3) 100.0 (0.0) 99.6 (0.3) 95.3 (0.2)
a

Number of SUD criteria endorsed