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. 2014 Apr 18;9(4):e95314. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095314

Table 6. Predictive values of 5 year BMI in the top 10% and maternal overweight (incl. obesity).

Predicting overweight at 15 years Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
5 year BMI in the top 10%, NFBC1966 40.1 92.7 34.5 94.2
5 year BMI in the top 10%, NFBC1986 33.6 94.6 53.3 88.6
Maternal overweight (incl. obesity),NFBC1966 35.4 82.6 16.7 92.9
Maternal overweight (incl. obesity), NFBC1986 29.9 86.7 29.1 87.2

BMI- Body mass index. PPV- positive predictive value. NPV - negative predictive value. NFBC1966 and NFBC1986 – Northern Finnish Birth Cohorts born in 1966 and 1986.