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. 2014 Mar;108(2):103–110. doi: 10.1179/2047773214Y.0000000131

Table 4. Setting wise performance of the 2009 and 2011 case definitions.

Primary (n = 314) Secondary (n = 217) Tertiary (n = 320)
Sensitivity 2009 75.7 (64.8–84.0) 67.7 (50.1–81.4) 81.2 (70.4–88.7)
2011 83.7 (73.7–90.5) 87.1 (71.2–94.8) 92.7 (84.1–96.9)
Specificity 2009 42.9 (36.8–49.2) 47.9 (40.8–55.0) 38.3 (32.5–44.4)
2011 21.7 (16.9–27.3) 27.9 (22.0–34.8) 16.7 (12.6–21.8)
PPV 2009 29.0 (23.9–34.01) 17.8 (12.7–22.9) 26.5 (21.6–31.3)
2011 24.8 (20.0–29.6) 16.8 (11.8–21.8) 23.4 (18.8–28.0)
NPV 2009 85.1 (81.2–89.0) 89.9 (85.9–93.9) 88.1 (84.5–91.6)
2011 81.2 (76.9–85.5) 92.9 (89.5–96.3) 89.4 (84.6–91.6)
LR+ 2009 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 1.3 (1.1–1.5)
2011 1.1 (0.95–1.21) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)
LR− 2009 0.56 (0.37–0.87) 0.67 (0.40–1.1) 0.49 (0.30–0.82)
2011 0.75 (0.42–1.33) 0.5 (0.18–1.2) 0.4 (0.18–1.1)
DOR 2009 2.3 (1.3–4.2) 1.9 (0.86–4.3) 2.7 (1.4–5.2)
2011 1.4 (0.7–2.9) 2.6 (0.87–7.85) 2.6 (0.98–6.8)

DOR: diagnostic odds ratio; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value.