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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Jan 5;0(1):41–49. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30764

TABLE III.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Single and Combined Informant Reports of the Proband’s Psychiatric Disorders, Smoking and Asthma

(A) Single reports
 (B) Combined reports
Disorder N Sensitivity % Specificity % N Sensitivity % Specificity %
Psychiatric disorders
  Major depressive episode 1,745 35.9 84.6 953 50.8 76.0
  Anxiety 1,745 24.1 90.8 953 357 84.3
  Schizophreniform disorder 1,707 48.4 96.6 932 55.9 94.5
  Alcohol dependence 1,766 21.7 94.0 954 31.7 91.1
  Drug dependence 1,765 32.2 96.2 953 44.0 94.8
  Suicide attempt 1,740 38.9 98.2 950 44.6 97.l
  Conduct disorder 1,743 45.8 85.7 951 60.0 79.5
Non-psychiatric outcomes
  Ever been a smoker 1,760 89.5 93.8 956 95.0 90.5
  Asthma 1,720 59.6 94.0 935 73.6 90.6