Table 4. Sensitivity and specificity of the short version of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, with five questions.a Pelotas, RS, Southern Brazil, 2013.

Cut-off points	Sensitivity	Specificity	Accuracy
	%	%	%
Pelotas sample
≥ 1	95.7	100	97.4
≥ 2	58.9	100	75.2
≥ 3	29.5	100	57.4
≥ 4	12.2	100	46.9
5	0	100	39.6
PNDS
≥ 1	99.5	100	99.7
≥ 2	77.5	100	90.5
≥ 3	59.2	100	82.8
≥ 4	25.7	100	68.6
5	0	100	57.8

^a See Table 1.