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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Rheumatol Int. 2013 Sep 24;34(3):407–411. doi: 10.1007/s00296-013-2865-2

Table 3.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Two Criteria Systems for RA Classification compared to the Gold Standard of the Reviewers’ Opinion among Participants in the NHS/NHSII Cohorts Newly Self-Reporting Doctor-diagnosed RA in 2009–2012

1987 ACR
Criteria		 2010 ACR/
EULAR Criteria		 Either 1987 or
2010		 Both 1987 and
2010
Sensitivity 0.93 0.79 0.99 0.72
Specificity 0.77 0.87 0.67 0.97
Positive Predictive Value 0.93 0.95 0.91 0.99
Negative Predictive Value 0.77 0.55 0.95 0.52