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.