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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2012 Aug 6;20(5):430–435. doi: 10.1037/a0029210

Table 1.

Predictive power of the number of MA-positive thrice weekly urine drug screens during first two weeks of treatment for persistent MA use at end-of-treatment (EOT) among placebo group participants*

MA Positive Screens Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV LR+ LR−
=6 35.2 98.2 98 39 19.69 0.66
>=5 50.8 94.6 96 46 9.48 0.52
>=4 57.0 85.7 90 47 3.99 0.50
>=3 66.4 80.4 89 51 3.38 0.42
>=2 75.0 71.4 86 56 2.63 0.35
>=1 83.6 57.1 82 60 1.95 0.29
*

ROC analysis assessed number of MA positive/missing urine drug screens to predict MA use at EOT. Bolded is optimal Youden (1950) predictor; PPV=positive predictive value; NPV=negative predictive value; LR+ = positive likelihood ratio; LR− = negative likelihood ratio